Prank Screens

Every page in this section is a harmless, animated full screen visual , a fake crash screen, a simulated boot sequence, a cracked glass effect. None of them installs anything, changes a setting, or does anything to your device beyond drawing on the page you are looking at. Press Esc, or the on screen Exit button, and it is gone.

They are built for a laugh at someone’s desk, a harmless jump scare, or testing how convincing a fake error looks , not for tricking someone into believing their computer is genuinely broken in a way that causes real alarm or leads them to act on it, such as calling a fake support number. See Terms of Use for the short version of that boundary.

Prank Screens

• Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). A full screen imitation of the Windows stop error, animated and harmless. Nothing is installed and nothing changes on the device , Esc closes it instantly.
• Broken Glass Screen. A shattered glass overlay that fills the screen, with the crack pattern drawn fresh each time. Purely visual, and it leaves no mark on the display.
• Broken Screen. A simulated damaged panel display with dead columns and colour bands. It looks like a failed screen and disappears the moment you press Esc.
• Cracked Screen. A full screen impact crack that spreads from a random point. It is drawn by the browser over the page , the glass is fine, and Esc removes it.
• Fake Virus Alert. A mock security warning that fills the screen. It is a joke page: nothing is scanned, nothing is infected, and no real software is involved.
• Fake Windows Update. A convincing full screen update screen with a percentage that never quite finishes. Nothing is downloaded or installed; Esc ends it immediately.
• Hacker Simulator. A full screen wall of scrolling green terminal text. It types itself, connects to nothing, and does nothing at all beyond looking the part.
• Fake Mac Error. A full screen imitation of a macOS restart notice. Entirely visual, entirely harmless, and it closes the second you press Esc.
• Fake Loading Screen. An endless full screen loading animation with a spinner that never resolves. Useful as a gag, and as a placeholder that keeps a display busy.

Fake Screens

• No Signal TV Screen. The classic drifting “No Signal” box on a black field, full screen in your browser. Handy for photos and video, and for a very patient joke.
• White Noise (TV Static). Animated analogue TV static, generated live in the browser. A visual effect for video and photography , and a nostalgic full screen screensaver.
• Fake Radar Screen. A full screen radar sweep with contacts appearing and fading behind the beam. Purely decorative: it detects nothing and is connected to nothing.
• Fake Video Call Screen. A mock video call interface filling the screen, with a call timer and controls. Nothing is transmitted, no camera is opened, and nobody is on the line.
• DVD Bouncing Logo. The bouncing DVD logo, full screen, with the corner hit everyone waits for. A browser animation with nothing to install.
• Flip Clock Screen. A large flip style clock filling the screen, reading your device clock. Works as a desk clock, a stream overlay or a timer visible across a room.
• Waterfall Screen. A calm animated waterfall filling the screen. An ambient background for focus, for a break, or for a display that should show something restful.

OS Screens

• Windows XP Desktop. A browser recreation of the classic Windows XP desktop, drawn in HTML and CSS. Not affiliated with Microsoft and not a working operating system.
• Windows 10 Desktop. A browser recreation of a Windows 10 desktop, full screen. It is a static visual made of HTML and CSS , nothing runs and nothing can be opened.
• Microsoft Boot Screen. A full screen imitation of a Windows startup sequence with a progress animation. Purely visual, unaffiliated with Microsoft, and Esc exits at any point.
• Mac OS X Desktop. A browser recreation of a Mac OS X desktop with a dock, full screen. Not affiliated with Apple, and none of the icons do anything.
• Ubuntu Desktop. A browser recreation of an Ubuntu desktop with its launcher bar. A visual mock up in HTML and CSS, not affiliated with Canonical.
• Chrome OS Desktop. A browser recreation of a Chrome OS desktop, full screen. It is an illustration built from HTML and CSS, unaffiliated with Google.

Looking for a real screen test instead?

If you arrived here because your screen is actually showing something strange, these pages will not help , they are simulations, not diagnostics. Use Colour Screens to check for dead or stuck pixels, backlight bleed or uniformity problems instead.