It woiuld appear these meticulously detailed instructions have already been
tried out on some poor sucker.....??
JW
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> From: Andrew Herd <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Re: w95 desktop
> Date: Monday, December 02, 1996 06:00
>
> Of course, if you want to really screw someone using win95 up, you use
> Paintshop Pro, take a screenshot of their workspace, save it as a .bmp,
> remove all the icons from the desktop and insert the screenshot bitmap as
> their background. It is best to be some distance away when they discover
> why clicking on their icons isn't working...
>
> Andrew
>
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> From: "Jon Wilcox" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: w95 desktop
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> > Subject: Re: w95 desktop
> > Date: Sunday, December 01, 1996 02:17
> >
> > Point your mouse on the offending icons, right click and choose delete.
> >
> > DR KEITH KEE
>
> Ah ha. This poor chap hasn't yet suffered our problems of the indelible
> icon.
> Like the Delete doesn't do its job properly sometimes.
> Jon Wilcox
> Auckland
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