Tricks to play on fellow student

[Sean Botha]

Hi

I have just started vb.net (june 2003) and me and my fellow students are
playing some tricks on each other(not harmfull) I have already managed to
shut down the pc without saving anything when the program is run can anyone
suggest anything else i can do. If you do not whant to give the code that is
fine just give me a idea and i will try and figure it out on my own ...
good way to learn the language.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Sean Botha" <wi*****@mweb.co.za> schrieb:

I have just started vb.net (june 2003) and me and my fellow
students are playing some tricks on each other(not harmfull)
I have already managed to shut down the pc without saving anything
when the program is run can anyone suggest anything else i can do.

???

Not harmful?!

What exactly do you want to do?

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Cor]

Hi,
Norm harmfull, for who. Some people can be very angry if it goes like a
virus?
And I dont think you will make that, but someone who gets it from you can
maybe make it from what you did make.
I find it dangerous.
Cor

[Sean Botha]

no nothing that will attack a system or reveal any sort of info to me.

I was thinking of Prank style things like a mock format I wrote that looked
exactly like the real format of win xp and had a icon of a windows media
player file (.mp3).This was sent to my friend(email) who when he tried to
listen to this mp3 in advertendly ran my fake format program and thought he
was actually formatting the hardrive when infact it was just a timer used
to make it look like the progress bar is slowly moving.

I do not want to know about retrieving or damaging any part of the other
persons pc it is purely for pulling pranks on my fellow students and friend.

I am very happy at the place I am studying and do not want to do anything to
harm my chance of graduating.I just want to make the boring parts(like
system analysis) worth the trouble by having a laugh.
Hope this answers any questions?
"Cor" <no*@non.com> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@reader21.wxs.nl...

Hi,
Norm harmfull, for who. Some people can be very angry if it goes like a
virus?
And I dont think you will make that, but someone who gets it from you can
maybe make it from what you did make.
I find it dangerous.
Cor

[Nak]

Hi there,

I have done this before, with a program I wrote in VB6, it was basically
a non-harmful trojan that I could connect to using hyperterminal and send
simple commands, such as

* Displaying a custom message box on the screen like ("Warning!! User is
a tosser!!")
* Swapping the left and right mouse buttons over (Was very very
humerous)
* Playing a sound on the remote system (Especially a cow mooing!)
* Positioning the mouse cursor at different points on the screen
* Minimizing all active windows

I don't applaud doing this kind of thing but it is a great way to learn
VB if you are doing it simply within your office, and not trying to give it
to others. I used to wind up a collegue by doing the above and he wouldn't
have a clue what was going on, I could just hear him swearing constantly!
Haha :-)

Nick.

"Sean Botha" <wi*****@mweb.co.za> wrote in message
news:3f********@news1.mweb.co.za...

no nothing that will attack a system or reveal any sort of info to me.

I was thinking of Prank style things like a mock format I wrote that looked exactly like the real format of win xp and had a icon of a windows media
player file (.mp3).This was sent to my friend(email) who when he tried to
listen to this mp3 in advertendly ran my fake format program and thought he was actually formatting the hardrive when infact it was just a timer used
to make it look like the progress bar is slowly moving.

I do not want to know about retrieving or damaging any part of the other
persons pc it is purely for pulling pranks on my fellow students and friend.
I am very happy at the place I am studying and do not want to do anything to harm my chance of graduating.I just want to make the boring parts(like
system analysis) worth the trouble by having a laugh.
Hope this answers any questions?
"Cor" <no*@non.com> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@reader21.wxs.nl...

Hi,
Norm harmfull, for who. Some people can be very angry if it goes like a
virus?
And I dont think you will make that, but someone who gets it from you can maybe make it from what you did make.
I find it dangerous.
Cor

[CJ Taylor]

I'm still trying to figure out how this is an unharmful idea.

The question is, student or not, could you effect their productivity in some
way? I think the answer is yes. in which case, you want to come onto a
Microsoft board and ask how to exploit holes or piss people off.

Not the "best" idea. My advice, yes, this is a good way to learn
programming, but don't mess with other people when your doing it. Thats
just cruel and unfair.
"Nak" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:ef**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi there,

I have done this before, with a program I wrote in VB6, it was basically a non-harmful trojan that I could connect to using hyperterminal and send
simple commands, such as

* Displaying a custom message box on the screen like ("Warning!! User is a tosser!!")
* Swapping the left and right mouse buttons over (Was very very
humerous)
* Playing a sound on the remote system (Especially a cow mooing!)
* Positioning the mouse cursor at different points on the screen
* Minimizing all active windows

I don't applaud doing this kind of thing but it is a great way to learn VB if you are doing it simply within your office, and not trying to give it to others. I used to wind up a collegue by doing the above and he wouldn't have a clue what was going on, I could just hear him swearing constantly!
Haha :-)

Nick.

"Sean Botha" <wi*****@mweb.co.za> wrote in message
news:3f********@news1.mweb.co.za...

no nothing that will attack a system or reveal any sort of info to me.

I was thinking of Prank style things like a mock format I wrote that looked

exactly like the real format of win xp and had a icon of a windows media
player file (.mp3).This was sent to my friend(email) who when he tried to

listen to this mp3 in advertendly ran my fake format program and thought

he

was actually formatting the hardrive when infact it was just a timer used to make it look like the progress bar is slowly moving.

I do not want to know about retrieving or damaging any part of the other
persons pc it is purely for pulling pranks on my fellow students and

friend.

I am very happy at the place I am studying and do not want to do

anything to

harm my chance of graduating.I just want to make the boring parts(like
system analysis) worth the trouble by having a laugh.
Hope this answers any questions?
"Cor" <no*@non.com> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@reader21.wxs.nl...

Hi,
Norm harmfull, for who. Some people can be very angry if it goes like a virus?
And I dont think you will make that, but someone who gets it from you

can maybe make it from what you did make.
I find it dangerous.
Cor

[Nak]

Haha

let me shed light on the matter

Student + Baked beans + can opener = productivity / beer

:-)

Nick.

"Fergus Cooney" <wo****@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:e0**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi CJ,

Student - productivity ??

Productivity - student ??

Nope, I still don't understand.

Lol,
Fergus.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Nak" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

Oh get a grip! it's not like he is planning world domination!!!

http://www.mvps.org/vb/soap.htm

SCNR

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[CJ Taylor]

Yeah...

I'm sure someone said the exact same thing about the blaster worm...
"Nak" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:#j**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Oh get a grip! it's not like he is planning world domination!!! Or is he?? If my mouse buttons swap over at 8:00pm tomorrow I know who to blame!!! :-)
Nick.

"CJ Taylor" <ce**@tavayn.com> wrote in message
news:eh**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I'm still trying to figure out how this is an unharmful idea.

The question is, student or not, could you effect their productivity in

some

way? I think the answer is yes. in which case, you want to come onto a
Microsoft board and ask how to exploit holes or piss people off.

Not the "best" idea. My advice, yes, this is a good way to learn
programming, but don't mess with other people when your doing it. Thats
just cruel and unfair.
"Nak" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:ef**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi there,

I have done this before, with a program I wrote in VB6, it was

basically

a non-harmful trojan that I could connect to using hyperterminal and send simple commands, such as

* Displaying a custom message box on the screen like ("Warning!! User

is

a tosser!!")
* Swapping the left and right mouse buttons over (Was very very
humerous)
* Playing a sound on the remote system (Especially a cow mooing!)
* Positioning the mouse cursor at different points on the screen
* Minimizing all active windows

I don't applaud doing this kind of thing but it is a great way to

learn

VB if you are doing it simply within your office, and not trying to give

it

to others. I used to wind up a collegue by doing the above and he

wouldn't

have a clue what was going on, I could just hear him swearing constantly! Haha :-)

Nick.

"Sean Botha" <wi*****@mweb.co.za> wrote in message
news:3f********@news1.mweb.co.za...
> no nothing that will attack a system or reveal any sort of info to

me. >
> I was thinking of Prank style things like a mock format I wrote that
looked
> exactly like the real format of win xp and had a icon of a windows

media > player file (.mp3).This was sent to my friend(email) who when he tried to

> listen to this mp3 in advertendly ran my fake format program and thought he
> was actually formatting the hardrive when infact it was just a

timer

used

> to make it look like the progress bar is slowly moving.
>
> I do not want to know about retrieving or damaging any part of the

other > persons pc it is purely for pulling pranks on my fellow students and
friend.
>
> I am very happy at the place I am studying and do not want to do

anything

to
> harm my chance of graduating.I just want to make the boring

parts(like > system analysis) worth the trouble by having a laugh.
>
>
> Hope this answers any questions?
> "Cor" <no*@non.com> wrote in message
> news:3f***********************@reader21.wxs.nl...
> > Hi,
> > Norm harmfull, for who. Some people can be very angry if it goes

like

a

> > virus?
> > And I dont think you will make that, but someone who gets it from

you can
> > maybe make it from what you did make.
> > I find it dangerous.
> > Cor
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Cor]

Nick,
I think Herfried has only the German version.
:-))))
Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Nak" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

http://www.mvps.org/vb/soap.htm

I wouldn't mind a copy of that CD, got one spare Herfried? :-)

I feel sorry, but I do not have the CD...

;-)))

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Nak" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

Haha, isn't that the ONLY version?? j/k

The text on the CD is written in English.

;-)))

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Nak]

Make one then! I'm sure you could take over the world with VB.NET......

:-/

Nick

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi*******@m.activevb.de> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hello,

"Nak" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

http://www.mvps.org/vb/soap.htm

I wouldn't mind a copy of that CD, got one spare Herfried? :-)

I feel sorry, but I do not have the CD...

;-)))

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Nak]

Haha,

I learnt allot from doing silly things like that, if I hadn't I probably
would never have learnt VB6. I still remember the day that I got into
learning how to communicate with an SMTP server via a WinSock control, after
many efforts I finally sent a work collegue an email something like...

"Hi Frank, this is a note just to remind myself how much of a fat
bastard I am!"

The boss was not best pleased, and I recieved some flak for said
"crime". But I eventually persuaded him that it was all in the name of
"learning" and that "Frank" was the one who should be blamed for over
reacting, thus and so "Frank" was in "deep doo doo" ;-) haha

Nick.

"Kevin A." <ke*********@antwerpen.be> wrote in message
news:uE**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have done this before, with a program I wrote in VB6, it was basically

a non-harmful trojan that I could connect to using hyperterminal and send simple commands, such as

* Displaying a custom message box on the screen like ("Warning!! User is

a tosser!!")
* Swapping the left and right mouse buttons over (Was very very
humerous)
* Playing a sound on the remote system (Especially a cow mooing!)
* Positioning the mouse cursor at different points on the screen
* Minimizing all active windows
A long time ago I wrote a little program (in vb6) that wasn't visible to

the user and regularly 'printed' a couple of white pages.

I also had a little program with a slowly moving window and when the
user moved the mouse onto the window to close it, it rapidly moved
away from the mouse. It was almost impossible to close that window :-)
Kevin
"Nak" <[e-mail]> schreef in bericht
news:ef**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi there,

I have done this before, with a program I wrote in VB6, it was basically

a non-harmful trojan that I could connect to using hyperterminal and

send simple commands, such as

* Displaying a custom message box on the screen like ("Warning!! User is

a tosser!!")
* Swapping the left and right mouse buttons over (Was very very
humerous)
* Playing a sound on the remote system (Especially a cow mooing!)
* Positioning the mouse cursor at different points on the screen
* Minimizing all active windows

I don't applaud doing this kind of thing but it is a great way to

learn

VB if you are doing it simply within your office, and not trying to give

it

to others. I used to wind up a collegue by doing the above and he

wouldn't

have a clue what was going on, I could just hear him swearing

constantly! Haha :-)

Nick.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Fergus Cooney" <wo****@tesco.net> schrieb:

|| I'm sure you could take over the world with VB.NET......

.NET will take over the world with <us>.

Then let's provide good support in the VB .NET ng...

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Herfried,

Then let's provide good support in the VB .NET ng...

Right on, Bro!!

Regards,
Fergus