Sunday Funnies – April Fools Jokes, IT Style

Close enough, so I decided to write about my favorite IT style April Fool’s Day pranks:

Switch right and left mouse buttons – In the control panel, mouse, there is a check box to switch the left and right buttons.  While ostensibly for left-handed people, this will pretty much try your victim batty.

BSOD Screensaver.  The infamous Blue Screen of Death means your computer is hosed.  But not if it is just set as a background image on your desktop, or as your screensaver image.  Google for your image.

Scotch tape over mouse laser port – Putting a little scotch tape over the laser port on a mouse basically renders it useless.  Moving the mouse does not move the cursor.

April fools!  Have fun!

 

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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com

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