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    2021-10-19

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  • Maybe Maybe Maybe
    You can find all sorts of fake updates here. For mobile devices too. Source: 10 months ago
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    Https://fakeupdate.net/ as suggested by the others. You could press 11 to fullscreen and press enter to BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). Source: 12 months ago
  • Non confrontational way to remind users to lock their workstations!
    Point browser to https://fakeupdate.net and set it to fullscreen. Source: about 1 year ago
  • We have an office prankster and I feel like I’m losing my sanity
    Https://fakeupdate.net/ or updatefaker + full screen (turn off extra monitors). I like to use an osx or windows vista one, it usually gets the best response. The ones that drive me nuts are the ‘security experts’. Source: about 1 year ago
  • What are some harmless ways to prank people by messing with their computers?
    If you can catch their computer unlocked open a browser and go to fake update.net and you can pick an os to "update", then make the browser full page and walk away. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Help me find the weirdest software to download.
    It's just websites but helped me to prank some old PC farts a couple of times: Https://fakeupdate.net/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • REMINDER: YOU DESERVE A FULL LUCH BREAK. Please don’t skip or shorten them. that’s all <3
    Sorry, manager person/ nosy coworker! My computer is updating. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Getting a call from a “Microsoft employee”…
    Open up this website https://fakeupdate.net/ and just keep chatting. Get really excited when it gets to 99%, then ignore it for a bit. When they ask again, casually mention how it says it’s at 112% now. That’s weird. Source: over 1 year ago
  • What are your favourite examples of fools errands? Tartan paint, and the like.
    Set off a fake update, F11 for full screen and walk away! Source: over 1 year ago
  • Your friend walks away from their computer, accidentally leaving it unlocked. You have one minute. What do you do?
    Https://fakeupdate.net/ obviously... Source: over 1 year ago
  • What are some harmless ways to fuck with people?
    To teach juniors that you’re supposed to lock your computer when afk, you give them a fake OS update with: https://fakeupdate.net/ (full screen). I’ve watched people sit for 30 minutes and just wait for it to finish. If you want to give them a clue but more of a wtf you go for e.g. Win7 on a mac. Source: over 1 year ago
  • modern take on My boss makes a dollar...
    If you ever need a few minutes of downtime just use the fake windows update. Source: over 1 year ago
  • A funny prank to play on IT technicians
    If you're looking for something whimsical but perhaps less know-how, just full-screen a browser on fakeupdate.net. Source: over 1 year ago
  • IT Pro Tuesday #219 - File Merging, Windows Troubleshooting, Screen-Unlock Prank & More
    SurgicalStr1ke shares a harmless prank to help a colleague understand why it's a bad idea to leave their computer screen unlocked: "[S]creenshot of the desktop, set as wallpaper, hide icons. I did this in college in 2003 and it still gives me a small chuckle now." And greenwood93 suggests, "Fake windows updates are fun, a user who left their laptop open got to something like 600% one day; don't think they got much... Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    Https://fakeupdate.net/ pick the OS, full screen the browser. Watch the rage. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    I recently saw this fake update https://fakeupdate.net. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    The other I've used on my boss, https://fakeupdate.net/. I had it up on his monitor once overnight and he came in and was fussing "How the hell can it be at 9,000% and not be done!". Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    This fake update with the proper OS and the browser on full screen. Watch as they wait until percentage reaches 104 130... 200 its fun and harmless. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    I've used this as a quick prank in the past. https://fakeupdate.net/ , just go full screen and turn off any secondary monitors. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I got Goated
    Fake windows updates are fun, a user who left their laptop open got tosomething like 600% one day, don't think they got much work done but at least their workstation was alot more secure going forward - https://fakeupdate.net/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • 31 fun websites - finally solve that rubix cube, rent a hitman, if walls could talk, raise a virtual pet, invest in what other senators are investing.
    Https://fakeupdate.net/ - Prank your friends and colleagues with fake update screens! Source: almost 2 years ago

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