Need Help with Office Prank

[ninjapants]

Backstory:

We have a fairly unbusy (?) period in our office at the moment, so losing a few minutes for some fun is not a big deal right now. I thought I would prank my colleague by connecting a keyboard to his PC and holding ctrl while he is scrolling or typing and hold alt when he is clicking, things like that, but when I locked his PC with Win+L for the second time he figured out I was messing with him. He found the usb connector and unplugged it.

 

Problem:

So now I need a new method, without cables or dongles, I was thinking about software, but I cannot install anything that requires Administrator privileges on his PC. I can install pretty much anything on mine.

 

Any Suggestions?

[rhyseyness]

1 minute ago, TheRomanSenate said:

stapler suspended in jello

[ninjapants]

Just now, TheRomanSenate said:

stapler suspended in jello

Thank you for that reference sir. Unfortunately this is a PC-only working environment

[ninjapants]

*Laptop 

 

It will have to be something software-related unfortunately. I was hoping the remote access that is included in windows can help me...

[ninjapants]

1 minute ago, TheRomanSenate said:

Do you have access to the laptop like password and all?

Local user password, yes. administrator privileges, no.

 

1 minute ago, TheRomanSenate said:

Also for how long would you have access before it becomes obvious?

I could probably get a few minutes if I am lucky.

[ninjapants]

Just now, TheRomanSenate said:

I'm assuming windows vista or 7?

7

[Blaxow]

print screen the desktop and put it as background, then put the taskbar at the top on autohide. also remove all the icons in a map away from his background

[Mug]

At my office, there are usually large-scale pranks being carried out (you know, slow-burn is the best) but if you want something that's going to hit quickly, tape the loose things on the victim's desk to the ceiling (folders, keyboard, mouse, filing system, whatever tickles your fancy). The key to it is the more childish and petty, the better becasue it's no fun going to work every day on the same train, meeting with the same people then liasing with the same people on a daily basis. You always need variation in your life. Usually, after a funny prank, the office productivity will go up. My friend tells me of this office that he used to work in where pranks were actually encouraged but then he said that it got a little out of hand.

[LAwLz]

1. Change the keyboard layout to Dvorak.
2. Enable AutoCorrect in the text editor you use (Word or whatever) and add some funny auto complete words. Don't make it too subtle though. It would be bad if your coworker doesn't notice. Make it type some words in leetspeak or something.
3. Open a program, make it a fairly small window, take a screenshot and then set that as the background. It will look like the program is open, but it can't be closed.
4. Change their home page to something else.

[TopDollar]

I'll usually just flip their screen upside down with CTRL+ALT+Down Arrow. Just a friendly reminder they should lock their computer when it's out of sight.