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December 24th, 2007

Holiday PC prank

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 9:03 am

Categories: Thoughts

Tags: Desktop, PC, Holiday Season, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

The holiday season seems to always bring out the prankster in me - and this year I’ve got a fun trick that I’m planning to play!

It’s simple really - fire up a few apps, take a screenshot of the desktop, set it as the desktop background and then hide the desktop icons … then move to an observation point and try not to snigger too loud :-)

Anyone else any good pranks to share?

Adrian Kingsley-HughesAdrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations

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