How to Have a Little Tech Fun with these Computer Pranks:

1. Announce the Time – go to system preferences > date/time > under the clock > checkbox to announce the time (set it to 15m or 30m)
2. Change the desktop picture a lot – go to system preferences > desktop & screen saver > desktop > change picture > use pop-up menu to set it to 5 seconds
3. Make their Computer take a nap when they are working – go to system preferences > click energy saver > click schedule > set target to sleep in the middle of the day when he is working 😉
4. Change the Mouse pointer – PC – Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers > Change it / on your Mac – System Preferences > Accessibility > Cursor Size
5. Make the mouse sleepy – Mac – System Preferences > Mouse > then alter tracking speed / PC – control panel > Mouse > mouse properties > adjust the speed > click OK
6. Flip the Screen upside down – on the PC press CTRL+ Alt + F1 / on a Mac – System Preferences > Display > change degree of rotation
7. Make great Typists make mistakes – Change the keyboard from Qwerty to Dvorak or change the language entirely
8. You can also move the dock or taskbar – make it gigantic or really tiny and change the color to nighttime by inverting the colors under accessibility
9. If your person uses modifier keys (keyboard shortcuts) you can disable them- but that might get you into trouble
10. Change Siri’s or Cortana’s voice, gender, and language to Russian or Chinese

Basically, play around with everything and anything in system preferences and settings or change the options in apps that the person you are pranking uses most often – like mail, pages/word, safari/chrome.

Enjoy and Have Fun! See you on the other side. Bonnie