Create A Freaky Possessed Computer With Windows Script For Halloween

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Create A Freaky Possessed Computer With Windows Script For Halloween

There are a lot of fun pranks you can play on your friends with a computer. You've probably seen all of those creepy YouTube videos that people forward to each other for a good scare. Not long ago, Justin covered a few really funny ways to prank your parents with a computer too. All of those ideas are fun, but this year, how about creeping out your friends a bit with your very own programming skill? There are a lot of fun pranks you can play on your friends with a computer. You've probably seen all of those creepy that people forward to each other for a good scare. Not long ago, Justin covered a few really funny ways to with a computer too. All of those ideas are fun, but this year, how about creeping out your friends a bit with your very own programming skill? In this article, I'm going to show you how you can create your own little Windows script that will run on just about any modern Windows computer. All you have to do is open up Notepad, type up this script, save it as a .wsf file and then have your friends open up the file. The script will automatically open up Notepad and then start typing - complete with typewriter sound effects - just like the computer itself is possessed by a typing ghost. The real beauty of this little script is how creative you are with launching it. Insert it into the computer's startup folder so it launches when the computer starts, or replace one of their favorite desktop shortcuts to link to your file instead of their application!

Scripting A Possessed Typing Computer

The idea for this came from an experience at college, when I walked past a professor's office and saw that he had an old DOS computer that was typing all by itself. He was a Computer Science professor, and he'd clearly written a DOS program that could type all by itself, complete with sound effects, pauses and everything. Very authentic. In this article, you're going to do the same thing, just with Windows and using VB Script to accomplish the job. I'll walk you through the process. First step - download a typewriter WAV file from any of your favorite . Preferably download one that lasts from 30 seconds to a minute, depending on how much text you want your phantom app to type on the screen by itself. Save the file to c:/windows/Media/ with the rest of the Windows sound files so it'll be easy to find later. Next, open up a text file and save it as a .wsf file. In my case I called it "phantomtype.wsf". Declare all of the required variables, set up your text file link and then type the text that you want your typing ghost app to type on the screen. Save the file again - making sure you've got the "wsf" extension - and you're done. Double click the file and check out your haunted computer! Here's my script in action (I wish you could hear the typing sounds, it's a riot!) Like most programs, it could use a little perfecting if you're up to it. The sound file needs to match the amount of time it takes for the typing to finish. Or, you could loop both the typing and the sound, but you'll need to come up with a way to let the person close the typing ghost application. If you don't, the "sendkeys" will just continue typing no matter what window they open...which, is actually a pretty funny virus-like behavior, but not something that I would recommend you do to your friends. So give this creepy little script a try and let us know what your friends thought about it. Did you come up with any other ways to perfect it? Share your thoughts in the comments section below. Image Credit :