10 naughty things we 90s kids have done to the computers in school computer labs

Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:53 pm

You know, the first thing that should come to your mind the moment you read the headline should be this: “Hehe.” Before laptops took over our lives, we 90s kids loved going to computer labs, whether it was for a computer lesson or simply to learn something through computers. Back then, computers would comprise a large CRT monitor, a CPU and a wired keyboard + mouse (please thank Captain Obvious for explaining how a computer in the past looks like).

And back then, computer lessons were the best—not because the labs were air-conditioned, but because of the things we did to our computers.

Changing the wallpaper to something that would warrant a detention
The guys would find images of Japanese actresses (get it?) while the girls would find images of a topless Andy Lau. Some of us even drool.

Stealing the ball in the mouse
There’s just something about those mouse that still uses balls—it just tempts us to steal it. I can’t remember how many of those gray balls I’ve had then.

Hiding the log-in window tab at the corner when your friend went to the toilet
And when he’s back, he’ll try all means to log in, but the log-in window tab just won’t appear. In fact, you can still use this trick with our office workstation, but come on lah: it’s 2016 now. Pranks are no longer in.

Disconnect your friend’s monitor when he’s working on something
It’s easy: just pull the thickest cable you see near your friend, and he’ll be cursing and swearing after that. Just don’t laugh too loud, if not he’ll know it’s you.

Installing Counterstrike and having a lan game there
This is for the advanced user, or for a class whereby the teacher is a weakling: just find a few friends, install Counterstrike and have your game for the whole lesson. In fact, there’re quite a number of computers that have Counterstrike installed. Best lah!

Playing Miniclip games
If you can’t remember playing these games, then here’re two words that’ll remind you that you’ve once played some games there before: Table Tennis. Now you remember?

Renaming all the files and folders to some words that will get you into trouble
“My Computer” becomes “My Ass”. Wait, you’re telling me that’s considered mild? Wow…

Changing the keys on the keyboards
Since computers were new then, people still need to look at their keyboard to type. And ta-da: when you change some of the keys, the looks on your friend’s face is priceless.

Sending chain emails
Sending chain emails was how we used to “Share” viral content in the past. Checking emails was how we used to check our Facebook newsfeed in the past.

Logging to e-buddy to log in to MSN Messenger & mIRC
Now, if you’ve never done that before, you’ve never been to a computer lab before.