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How to create a prank PC shutdown icon

Create a prank PC shutdown icon

Prank people by creating an icon on their Windows PC computer that will shut it down every time they click it. You could also just use it as ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Sclipo | Comments 1
Views 5,249

How to do the perfect PC shutdown prank

Do the perfect PC shutdown prank

It's completely safe. Try this for your friends computer, or even better, for public school computers. Just imagine every computer in the ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by Bobinski | Comments 2
Views 10,578

How to make a desktop icon to shutdown your computer

Make a desktop icon to shutdown your computer

This will show you how to make a desktop icon that instantly shuts ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Alex1inferno-The Critic | Comments 0
Views 2,953

How to use TaskList TaskKill and Shutdown

Use TaskList TaskKill and Shutdown

This video takes a look at some of the command line utilities available for returning information and/or managing remote machines with ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,815

How to create a shutdown shortcut in Windows

Create a shutdown shortcut in Windows

How to create an icon that will shutdown your computer when clicked in Windows XP.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,154

How to do a PC shutdown prank

Do a PC shutdown prank

Send a little dose of system shutdown to your friends or foes using these codes!

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Curated 1 year ago by 5min | Comments 0
Views 1,769

How to make a desktop icon to shutdown your computer in XP

Make a desktop icon to shutdown your computer in XP

Easy steps to make a super cool shutdown icon! This icon instantly ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 0
Views 1,486

How to do the shutdown shortcut prank for XP

Do the shutdown shortcut prank for XP

Tutorial on how to create a shutdown shortcut on the desktop to shutdown the computer when clicked. shutdown -s -t 1000 -c "comment" -s ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 0
Views 1,119

How to change your Windows Vista power button to shutdown

Change your Windows Vista power button to shutdown

Is your Windows button forcing you to sleep? Change the behavior of ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 581

How To Do a Remote Shutdown for a PC on a LAN

Do a Remote Shutdown for a PC on a LAN

Do you need to shutdown a server or other remote computer? Need to do this from the convenience of your own PC? Here's how to shutdown a ...more

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Written 2 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 1
Views 960

How to increase your Windows PC's shutdown speed

Increase your Windows PC's shutdown speed

Your computer might shutdown quickly but were you aware you can make it shutdown more quickly still? Well, you can, and this how-to will ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 307

How to create a shortcut to shutdown your computer

Create a shortcut to shutdown your computer

Sick of having to go all the way to the start menu to shutdown your computer? Find out how to use Windows notepad to create shortcut icons ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by colin | Comments 0
Views 339

How to shutdown, restart, and log off your computer faster

Shutdown, restart, and log off your computer faster

A brief tutorial on how to change the registry of your computer to ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 568

How to prank a computer with a fake shutdown virus

Prank a computer with a fake shutdown virus

This prank will only shutdown the persons computer, not destroy anything. If you open this on yourself just restart your pc. It opens an ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
Views 978

How to create a prank shutdown icon in Windows

Create a prank shutdown icon in Windows

Prank your friends with this trick by making an icon that will shutdown their computer when they click it.

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
Views 279

How to create a prank shutdown icon in Windows

Create a prank shutdown icon in Windows

Prank Microsoft Windows by creating a prank icon that will shut down the computer when clicked.

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
Views 297

How to schedule your PC to shutdown whenever you want

Schedule your PC to shutdown whenever you want

Using the Windows task scheduler to automatically turn off your ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tl1 | Comments 0
Views 284

How to set up an infinite boot loop with Household Hacker

Set up an infinite boot loop with Household Hacker

Paste this code: shutdown -s -t 10 -c "Your Message Here" One of ...more

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Curated 6 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 3,863

How to fake a virus on Windows by creating a shortcut

Fake a virus on Windows by creating a shortcut

Okay, what's the greatest prank you can play on a friend in this day ...more

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Curated 4 months ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 0
Views 1,562

How to clean your computer keyboard in six steps

Clean your computer keyboard in six steps

Six steps to clean a membrane keyboard. IMPORTANT - NOT FOR LAPTOPS or NON-MEMBRANE KEYBOARDS WHAT YOU'LL NEED: lint free cloth cotton ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 0
Views 2,386

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DIY Ocular Assault Weapon

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Retro Electronics Papercraft For the Brazil '66 Crowd

Dan McPharlin has created some super-sweet retro electronics papercraft models. Click through to Dan's Flickr page to view the entire collection. Beautiful handmade cardboard models. Previously ...

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