Net send messages
One of the IT geezers in a place i used to work at showed us the amazing technique of the net send message on a rainy afternoon. Most people reading this will know what these are i imagine, but for the uninitiated, its basically a pop-up messaging facility between networked pcs. The bonus is that it is, if memory serves, IP address based, so no instant trace of who sent the message, at least to the PC nieve folk who got messaged over the next couple of weeks. They also look quite official. The atmosphere of big brother paranoia and heavily timed toilet breaks etc etc helped us to make the most of our new trick.

Before the game was up, we had sent numerous people (mainly middle managers) to see their bosses to apologise when they came in late or weren't dressed "appropiately" (according to our exacting and ridiculous standards). We also sent people out to the car park to randomly move cars and told people that they needed to go back to the toilet and wash the back of their trousers.....childish but necessary amusement back in the dark days of call centre employment
(impossibly witty twat No, YOUR Mum etc etc, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 15:15, 3 replies)

Brilliant!
I wish I knew how to find out what the alias of the computers on our network.. Where do you look for that?

Good jape mate.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Wed 14 Jan 2009, 16:49, closed)

try right clicking on My Computer
going to Properties then Computer Name

if there is nothing in there, then try clicking on Change on the same form. The ID for my computer was in there, hopefully yours will be too and you can then surreptiously find out what other peoples are...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 17:01, closed)

Hehe, I posted one earlier in the week with a similar scam
Got me manager to think that he had porn on his computer, and that an I.T. manager will be with him shortly. Utterly shit himself.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 19:46, closed)