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Booby trap Windows XP

Booby trap Windows XP

This is how to booby trap Windows XP so it logs off when you double click a shortcut.

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Step 1

Open notepad and paste the following 2 lines:
cd\
shutdown -l -f

Save it in My Documents as:

log off.bat

Go to My Documents, right click on it and and go to

Send to: Desktop(create shortcut)

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8 comments

Aug 19, 2011. 5:36 AMLefrançois says:

Tant qu'à faire mettre dans démarrage...

Nov 5, 2009. 6:39 PMshoyru_master_11 says:

Does not work... sorry!

Jun 26, 2010. 11:42 AMFlonine says:

U must not be using xp

Feb 25, 2011. 6:21 PMthelonesun says:

It works on any OS that uses batch scripting.

(basically win98 and on if my memory serves me correctly)

Jul 11, 2009. 1:23 AMerikals says:

Can u log back in after the shortcut has done its work? by the way, what a great instructable

Sep 5, 2009. 8:03 AMxc1024 says:

All it does is it logs you off, so you should be able to log back in. If you wanted to block logon afterwards, this would be even more complex.

Mar 14, 2009. 1:41 PMjs259 says:

Tres amusing

Mar 9, 2009. 5:29 PMmmaddogg (author) says:

comment and rate : )

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