27th February 2001

Mischevious is my middle name. Actually, that was the name of my eighth grade science teacher... Miss Chevious. She was a wily woman. Always playing practical jokes on her students. It's all fun and games until someone mixes a base with an acid. Building upon the previous tip, here's something that'll get the goat of any guy or gal. Drop to the command prompt and CD your way into the C:\ Windows \ Desktop directory (or wherever the user's desktop resides). Type: "MD ERROR 97" (sans quotes). NOTE: tap the space bar between MD and ERROR, but between ERROR and 97, hold down your ALT key and enter the number 255 on your numeric keypad. This will create a space character that cannot be removed from the Windows shell. Therein lies the trick! Imagine being forced to stare at an ERROR_97 folder... wondering what it is. Of course, you could name it "whatever" (I was trying to keep it clean for the kiddies). To remove the folder, simply repeat the steps but use the RMDIR (Remove Directory) command instead of MD (Make Directory). This will not work in Windows 2000, but since most novices are stuck with other flavors... your deviousness will not be undermined.