pranks part 2

_posts/2023-04-01-Tip-of-the-day-ppowershell-for-appril-first.md → _posts/2023-04-01-Tip-of-the-day-ppowershell-for-appril-first-part-1.md

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-title: Tip of the day - Powershell for April first. Tricks and pranks
+title: Tip of the day - Powershell for April first. Tricks and pranks part 1
 author: valeras
 date: 2023-04-01 10:55:00 +0800
 categories:
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   alt: Tip of the day - Powershell for April first
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-## Tip of the day: Aprils Fools' Day pranks with Powershell
+## Tip of the day: Aprils Fools' Day pranks with Powershell Part 1
 
 Apply these pranks to your colleagues' computers. They will be surprised and will have a good laugh.
 

_posts/2023-04-01-Tip-of-the-day-ppowershell-for-appril-first-part-2.md

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+title: Tip of the day - Powershell for April first. Tricks and pranks Part 2
+author: valeras
+date: 2024-03-04 10:55:00 +0800
+categories:
+  - TipOfTheDay
+  - TipsAndTricks
+tags:
+  - powershell
+  - tipoftheday
+  - sharepoint
+  - pranks
+pin: false
+slug: tip-day-powershell-april-part-2
+comments: true
+image:
+  path: /img/posts/pranks2.png
+  alt: Tip of the day - Powershell for April first 2
+---
+
+## Tip of the day: Aprils Fools' Day pranks with Powershell Part 2
+
+Apply these pranks to your colleagues' computers. They will be surprised and will have a good laugh.
+
+> Note: These pranks are harmless and will not cause any damage to the computer. They are just for fun.
+{: .prompt-info }
+
+> Note: If you have any other ideas for pranks, please share them in the comments.
+{: .prompt-info }
+
+## Most useful commands
+
+### Random Mouse Movements:
+
+```powershell
+Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
+For ($i = 0; $i -lt 100; $i++) {
+    [System.Windows.Forms.Cursor]::Position = New-Object System.Drawing.Point((Get-Random -Min 0 -Max 1920), (Get-Random -Min 0 -Max 1080))
+    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+}
+```	
+
+### Change the System Volume Randomly:
+
+```powershell
+$volume = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
+For ($i = 0; $i -le 10; $i++) {
+    $volume.SendKeys([char]175) # Volume Up
+    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200
+    $volume.SendKeys([char]174) # Volume Down
+}
+```
+
+### Narrator Announces Fake Updates: 
+
+```powershell
+Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
+$speak = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
+$speak.Speak('Installing mandatory updates for Clippy, your helpful office assistant. Please do not turn off your computer.')
+```
+
+###  Random Error Message Pop-ups:
+
+```powershell
+[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Windows.Forms')
+[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show('Error 404: Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue.', 'System Error', [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Error)
+```
+
+### Open a Random Website in the Default Browser Periodically:
+
+```powershell
+$websites = @('http://example.com', 'http://example.org', 'http://example.net')
+while ($true) {
+    Start-Process (Get-Random -InputObject $websites)
+    Start-Sleep -Seconds (Get-Random -Min 300 -Max 1800) # Randomly between 5 minutes to 30 minutes
+}
+```
+
+###  Hide All Icons on Desktop:
+
+```powershell
+$path = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
+Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name HideIcons -Value 1
+Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
+Start-Process explorer
+```
+
+### Change Desktop Background to a Funny Image:
+
+```powerShell
+# Ensure the path to the image is correct and accessible
+Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name Wallpaper -Value 'C:\path\to\funny-image.jpg'
+RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
+
+```
+
+### Infinite Loop of notepad opening and closing:
+```powershell
+while ($true) {
+    Start-Process notepad
+    Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
+    Get-Process notepad | Stop-Process
+    Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
+}
+```
+
+If you missed the first part of the pranks, you can find them here > [Tip of the day - Powershell for April first. Tricks and pranks](https://valerasnarbutas.github.io/posts/tip-day-powershell-april/).