PC PRANKS!! - Page 2

Kitsune · 08-25-2005, 09:11 AM

Find your favorite HP laserjet printer in the office with one of those LCD displays that says "READY". I think this one only works on HP4 or 5s and up. Find the IP address it is attached to the network with and telnet to that address, port 9100, and send the following string:

←%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="LOW COOLANT"

The message that normally reads "READY" should change to your new, rather confusing error. Great fun if you write a script that changes it randomly.

Someone even <a href="http://www.ancientpond.com/ljshen.html">wrote a utility</a> to do it for you if you pipe it to the network name.

plthijinx · 08-25-2005, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

←%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="LOW COOLANT"

can IT track where it came from?

Kitsune · 08-25-2005, 06:45 PM

Could they? Yeah. Will they? Doubt it. I don't even think the printers keep access logs.

twardo · 08-26-2005, 03:24 AM

hey ppl,
i live near 'geoff' the guy who started this post and i have a slightly diff problem.

I want to add a shortcut to the desktop of comps at school, but the desktops are loaded from the server not the local computer, is there any way to get round this? i just want to change the word shortcut to one that logs the person off, i know how to do the shortcut bit but not how to put it on hte server.

thanks

wolf · 08-26-2005, 11:01 AM

See, I told you guys not to encourage him, and now he's bringing friends.

Queen of the Ryche · 08-26-2005, 11:16 AM

"Thank you for logging into the Cellar helpdesk. We are sorry, but all of our technicians are busy at this time. If you would care to leave your name and credit card number......."

Geoff · 08-26-2005, 10:11 PM

Bringing my friends...pfhh..anyway..back to the issue..and why shouldn't people encourage me. You have to start somewhere and I want to learn how to code so why not have some fun while doing it? Now again I want to know the VBscript for taking a screenshot, THanks in advance.

Radar · 08-26-2005, 11:25 PM

Thanks for the printer gag. It worked like a charm.

dar512 · 08-26-2005, 11:28 PM

You don't need vbscript to take a screenshot. Pressing the Print Screen button saves a picture of the desktop to the clipboard. You can use an application like irfanview to grab it off of the clipboard and save it to a bmp.

Then read up on how to create a full-screen borderless window and how to display a bmp image.

And Bob's your uncle.

zippyt · 08-26-2005, 11:59 PM

Get 4-5 pices of paper , print a nasty message on them , scrolling left to right or up to down ( use your imagenation ) , tape them togather with the ends loose ,feed them into a fax , dial the number of a telemarketer , then as the end comes out tape it to the tail , continous "FUCK YOU " untill the fax runns out of paper , or to REALLY mess with sombody make the background BLACK and type the mesage in WHITE , this will run the fax out of ink , or you Could do a mobious strip alternating from light to dark , again use your imagination

Once YEARS ago I found a Monty Python disk that would remap the sounds from the key board to FART sounds , my boss finaly figured out who was messing with him , WELL he should have known since i removed and rearanged his keys on his key board once .

Geoff · 09-01-2005, 05:47 PM

Does anyone know how to find free ports to telnet on a local network, I plan to run applicaations remotely, (need help there too), I dont care about being logged, and that the data is unencrypted over telnet (I know...) Thanks in advance.

Geoff · 09-08-2005, 03:27 AM

Cmon-if uve read this please post something....

Undertoad · 09-08-2005, 06:49 AM

Call the network administrator and ask which ports to telnet to.

Radar · 09-08-2005, 07:41 AM

Look at your own IP and network mask to figure out the range of IP's you're on...at least on your own segment. Also use what information you have to figure out the segments for the various servers on your network.

Run a portscan utility.

Chances are your business network doesn't have telnet available since it's old technology and there are many more secure alternatives. If it's a windows network, the network admin may have setup terminal services. But unless you're given access to this, you won't be able to get it. If you do have access, just download the terminal services client from Microsoft, and install it. Connect to the server and you can run anything you like remotely.

If you want to run things from home, and the servers are behind a firewall, things get a lot more complicated.

Kitsune · 09-08-2005, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radar

Thanks for the printer gag. It worked like a charm.

Awesome. Feel free to share an errors you generate. I'm always looking for new ones to confuse the office, here.

"NO RESUMES"
"SPELLING ERRORS DETECTED"
"LOAD PAPER GENTLY"
"REPLACE SQUIRREL"

08-26-2005, 03:24 AM	#19
twardo Kinda New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1	help me 2! hey ppl, i live near 'geoff' the guy who started this post and i have a slightly diff problem. I want to add a shortcut to the desktop of comps at school, but the desktops are loaded from the server not the local computer, is there any way to get round this? i just want to change the word shortcut to one that logs the person off, i know how to do the shortcut bit but not how to put it on hte server. thanks

08-26-2005, 11:01 AM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	See, I told you guys not to encourage him, and now he's bringing friends. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-26-2005, 11:16 AM	#21
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	"Thank you for logging into the Cellar helpdesk. We are sorry, but all of our technicians are busy at this time. If you would care to leave your name and credit card number......." __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

08-26-2005, 11:25 PM	#23
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Thanks for the printer gag. It worked like a charm. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

08-26-2005, 11:28 PM	#24
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	You don't need vbscript to take a screenshot. Pressing the Print Screen button saves a picture of the desktop to the clipboard. You can use an application like irfanview to grab it off of the clipboard and save it to a bmp. Then read up on how to create a full-screen borderless window and how to display a bmp image. And Bob's your uncle. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-25-2005, 09:11 AM	#16
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Find your favorite HP laserjet printer in the office with one of those LCD displays that says "READY". I think this one only works on HP4 or 5s and up. Find the IP address it is attached to the network with and telnet to that address, port 9100, and send the following string: ←%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="LOW COOLANT" The message that normally reads "READY" should change to your new, rather confusing error. Great fun if you write a script that changes it randomly. Someone even <a href="http://www.ancientpond.com/ljshen.html">wrote a utility</a> to do it for you if you pipe it to the network name.

08-25-2005, 06:45 PM	#18
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Could they? Yeah. Will they? Doubt it. I don't even think the printers keep access logs.

08-26-2005, 10:11 PM	#22
Geoff Resident-in-Training Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	Bringing my friends...pfhh..anyway..back to the issue..and why shouldn't people encourage me. You have to start somewhere and I want to learn how to code so why not have some fun while doing it? Now again I want to know the VBscript for taking a screenshot, THanks in advance.

08-26-2005, 11:59 PM	#25
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Get 4-5 pices of paper , print a nasty message on them , scrolling left to right or up to down ( use your imagenation ) , tape them togather with the ends loose ,feed them into a fax , dial the number of a telemarketer , then as the end comes out tape it to the tail , continous "FUCK YOU " untill the fax runns out of paper , or to REALLY mess with sombody make the background BLACK and type the mesage in WHITE , this will run the fax out of ink , or you Could do a mobious strip alternating from light to dark , again use your imagination Once YEARS ago I found a Monty Python disk that would remap the sounds from the key board to FART sounds , my boss finaly figured out who was messing with him , WELL he should have known since i removed and rearanged his keys on his key board once . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-01-2005, 05:47 PM	#26
Geoff Resident-in-Training Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	Does anyone know how to find free ports to telnet on a local network, I plan to run applicaations remotely, (need help there too), I dont care about being logged, and that the data is unencrypted over telnet (I know...) Thanks in advance.

09-08-2005, 03:27 AM	#27
Geoff Resident-in-Training Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	Cmon-if uve read this please post something....

09-08-2005, 06:49 AM	#28
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Call the network administrator and ask which ports to telnet to.

09-08-2005, 07:41 AM	#29
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Look at your own IP and network mask to figure out the range of IP's you're on...at least on your own segment. Also use what information you have to figure out the segments for the various servers on your network. Run a portscan utility. Chances are your business network doesn't have telnet available since it's old technology and there are many more secure alternatives. If it's a windows network, the network admin may have setup terminal services. But unless you're given access to this, you won't be able to get it. If you do have access, just download the terminal services client from Microsoft, and install it. Connect to the server and you can run anything you like remotely. If you want to run things from home, and the servers are behind a firewall, things get a lot more complicated. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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