.:Fun Stuff To Do On School Comps:.

[LoneStar]

-Here are a few things one could do on a school computer to have some fun with it... (wasn't sure where to put it so if this is not in the right spot please move it)

This is only for windows sadly
-all of these have been tested by me

-Most school computer have a whole bunch of security installed so that students can't do anything...

1. If your school computers don't allow you to change your background... download Wirm and do it that way... which is the easiest

2. Gain access to the cammand prompt by using either Run>>CMD, and if that is disabled, use linked folders...

a. One way is to right click on a shortcut and click change icon or something that makes it open a list of folders... then, right click any folder on the main drive and click open

b. Another way is to go to any accessible folder Right Click>>New>>Shortcut>>path of drive (C:\ or S:\ etc.)

c. Another way to do this (and an additional fun thing) is to login to the computer without actually logging in... (I'm only sure that this will work for Win2k and im not sure of other versions... when you see the login menu where you tpe your password, click the little questionmark beside the "x"... then with that question mark active click on the word "Password" for example... this should bring up a little yellow box saying: "this is a password field blah blah" right click on that yellowbox and click Print Topic... this should bring up a menu with printer stuff... click Properties then Help... then in the Help window click File>>Open go to any folder, right click it and choose open... this should bring up the start bar... ignore all the errors and close the windows except the login menu which will still be there... now you have full access to the main drive (if this works)

(I suggest you learn the basics of the command prompt)

3. Now that you have access to the main drive it's a good idea to make shortcuts to that drive and other drives... its also a good idea to copy the command prompt to your folder. Also you can now edit the registry! yay! search Google for many fun registry hacks and edits, that will wreak havoc to your school computers. To run the registry simply type regedit into the Run menu... or if that is disabled, find it in your Windows folder... or you can also run it from the command prompt... If it is disabled, no worries! Download a hex editor (Google it) and open regedit.exe in it... then search for a text string of "Disable" it should come up with something like: DisableRegistryEditing. Now... just change the letter "D" in Disable to any other letter and save the changes... Voila! you can now edit the registry

4. Create funny folders... well... in our school on one drive we have about 18 hidden folders, the only way to access through a command prompt since unhiding is disabled... we have Starcraft among many other games installed on there... if your school has Dreamweaver.. then you will be able to create "funny" folders (i'm not sure if it is able to do this from cmd... firstly, open Dreamweaver... make sure you can see the "Files" menu on the right... now browse to where you want your "funny" folder to be... in that directory where you want it to appear there already has to b at least one folder... go to that folder, right click on it and choose "create new folder"... name it " ." (that is: a space and a period without the quotes) if that name is already taken for some weird reason or if you want to create another one name just add more spaces... after you create this folder in Dreamweaver it will automatically move out of the other folder you made it in... and if you visit it in Explorer, it will just refresh the current view... now if you click Properties, the folder will appear to have an infinite size!
To make a different type of funny folder, a more useful one, repeat the steps but name the folder " .." (that is any amount of spaces followed by two periods) this folder will look like it is doing the same thing as the . folder, but in this one you are able to store files... this can be done through the command prompt's commands of copy and paste... i believe this is also the only way of deleting these folders as well... anyways... after you have put stuff inide the .. folder, it cannot be executed from it... sadly... but you are able to copy files back from it and use them... this way the teachers will not be able to access the folder unless they are really advanced in that sort of ...

5. The shrieking sound of doom... there's this one file on google somewhere, (either that or you can write it yourself), when executed (from cmd) produces a very annoying beep from the computer speaker... it continues for the timeyou set it to continue... but if cmd is shut down and account logged off, this sound cannot be stopped until he computer is restarted... it is a very fun thing to try indeed...

-in conclusion i know a couple more great things to do on a school computer but i have homework now and very tired... if anyone else would like to contribute to this list or edit any entries please do =)
-LoneStar :cool:

[Helloadam]

if your school is networked and has Windows XP Sp1 installing type this in the CMD ( Start > Run > CMD )

net send * YOUR MESSAGE HERE

If all works well you should see your message on all the computers...

[LoneStar]

sadly my school has 2k but i will try that anyways thanks! :D

[unclekyky]

if your school is networked and has Windows XP Sp1 installing type this in the CMD ( Start > Run > CMD )

net send * YOUR MESSAGE HERE

If all works well you should see your message on all the computers...

Three kids got suspended for doing that at my school... but it is because they sent "bad" messages. The funny thing is, though, that they didn't know what it would do! ;)

If you have Flash MX2004 notice the little TM sign in the top right of the word flash. If you click it (it’s hard to get at first) you get 6 retro games like breakout.

go to Help > About Flash and wait for the flash logo before you try.

More here: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/...h-dreamweaver/

[LoneStar]

that's awesome uncle!!! it was like one pixel but i got it... its on the 2004 part

[illusion]

I recommend strongly against something like this. I used to be an avid reader of hackthissite and the likes of it and I decided to test out our network. I got into a sub-culture at our school and got heavily into it, enough to become one of the ring leaders. A glitch happened in one of the folders and left us enough time to let us make a new folder inside it. We did that, and then it blew up from their.

Kids started putting programs into it such as GameMaker and scripts which would disable network programs. We kept going and ended up getting admin access and getting into Control Panel and we were a bit cautious from then on.

About a week later from us getting admin access we were called up to the Deputy of Curriculum's office and we had to fess up and tell them all what we had done. After a week of feeling sick we got our punishment, and let me tell you it was not worth it.

We got suspended for 2 days, then had maintainence technical suspensions (come back to school). We also got banned from the school network for all of 2006 as well as not computer subjects.

That is my story and this is why I suggest you don't dabble into the sub-culture that is school hacking

[_jameshales]

Now I don't understand at all why you would want to do any of this. It is not the slightest bit entertaining, writing rude words all over the place, or changing boring settings, or creating annoyances, and you just make yourself look like a stupid fool for getting into it, and like in some of the stories here, you end up being punished for it in the end anyway.

I tell you, having computer access at the school is a priveledge not to be taken lightly. The slow, py computers at my school have saved my donkey many a time when I've forgotten to print out my assignments at home.

What I have to say that is constructive on the matter though is that http://webmessenger.msn.com/ might work on your school computers' internet, and that switching around the cables for the power supplies on computers and monitors beforehand is a very effective means of turning off other people's computers without them knowing that it was you.

_jameshales

[callumjones]

I too think it is pointless to go ing with a computer network. A school network is a large thing to manage, I am working in one the the christmas holidays and there are large tasks involving delployment, tracking and managing computers. You should respect someone's network because if it wasn't there to begin with then you would have to use paper for all the assignments. This even comes down to taking it for granted regarding African and other third world children.

Using a proxy to gain access to your home computers for documents is excellent use of a proxy script but using it porn is just plain stupid.

[Hypnotic]

There is a project in my country about maintaining and completely implementation of the computers in the education, and every school has a student in the team. I'm the student in my school and I have full access to every system in my school. :p

[unclekyky]

This is also something cool if you can't install anything on your computer.

I beg to differ on how this is not entertaining. During US history lecture notes (which are quite boring) wouldn't it be fun to write a program that makes a windows error message pop up. Of course, that would be nothing if i couldn't wirelessly transfer it from my PDA to my teachers computer. Of course, I have never done this ;)

Another cool prank to pull is to set the blue screen of death as the screen saver. That one definately freaked my computer illiterate 8th grade comp teacher out ;)