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- Drifting Windows Prank
-
- Description: Makes all your windows drift around the screen (every 5 seconds a single window will move just a pixel or
- two), guarenteed to make someone think they are going crazy or have a virus. This one is nice, to get rid of
- it all you have to do is activate it with [alt][tab].
-
- NOTE: Windows 95 will display it on the taskbar. You can still work or play while it is running. If it starts
- off as an icon, it will wait a random number of milliseconds before activating.
-
- Date:1/26/97
-
- Size: drifting.exe (28kb)
-
- Requires Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 3.5.x, Windows NT 4.0
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- Installation instructions for Windows 95 or NT 4.0
-
- 1) Extract drifting.exe to a directory
- 2) Execute drifting from Explorer (or the DOS Prompt)
- (ie. go to the directory where you put it and double click on the drifting)
-
- Installation instructions for Windows 3.x or NT 3.x
-
- 1) Extract drifting.exe to a directory
- 2) Execute drifting from File Manager (or the DOS Prompt)
- (ie. go to the directory where you put it and double click on the drifting)
-
-
- To stop the prank:
- In Windows 3.x:
- hit [ctrl][esc] to bring up the Task
- Manager and use the arrow keys to move down to the
- prank, then hit [alt][e] to end the task.
-
- In Windows 95: hit [ctrl][alt][del] to bring up the Task
- Manager and use the arrow keys to move down to the
- prank, then hit [alt][e] to end the task.
-
-
- Note: To Drifting Windows fire off everytime Windows is started,
-
- In Windows 3.x: (copy drifting.exe to the StartUp Group in Program Manager)
- Goto the Main Group
- double click on File Manager
- goto the directory where you extracted drifting.exe
- press and hold the control key
- while you left click and drag drifting.exe to the StartUp group
-
- In Windows 95: (copy drifting.exe to the StartUp Folder)
- right click on the Start button
- select Explore (this will startup Explorer in the "Start Menu"
- double click on Programs
- double click on StartUp
- now copy drifting.exe here
-
- In Windows NT4.0: (copy drifting.exe to the StartUp Folder)
- Use Explorer to drill down to
- <windows nt directory>/profiles/<user name>/"Start Menu"/Programs/StartUp
- now copy drifting.exe here
-
-
- To uninstall simply delete drifting.exe from your machine.
-
-
- If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to contact me.
-
- Liz Marks
-
- lizard@lizardworks.com
-
- http://www.lizardworks.com
-
- LizardWorks, Inc.
- 607 N. Naylor St.
- Alexandria, VA 22304
-
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Liz
-
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