print screen don,t work

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

windows xp pro print screen no longer works.
and recently had to have the MOBO replaced (same chipset). For some reason,
right after that, when I hit PrintScreen (even with Alt, Ctl, etc.) it brings
up the print (to printer) screen, or does absolutely nothing at all. This
happens even with a screen print utility I use (Gadwin). I badly need to be
able to do screen prints for my work and can't seem to find anything related
to this on the web when Googling. I'm not trying to print DOS screens, either.

I do have a KVM and tried plugging the keyboard directly into my main
machine and tried PS on another machine running W2K Pro. Also, tried another
keyboard, and nothing is working. Tried playing w/video drivers, too.
I've tried:

Shift + PS = nothing
Ctl + PS = Printer screen
Alt + PS = Powerpoint opens

I've been using Gadwin w/XP Pro for over a year and never had any problem
with it. I reinstalled it but didn't uninstall it first. I can try that but I
don't think Gadwin is the culprit here 'cuz PS doesn't work when I toggle
over to my W2K machine which doesn't even have Gadwin installed. I can't seem
to get PS to copy anything to the clipboard at all on either machine; it goes
to the printer (I guess) which I don't print.
All's fine in the Device Manager
I am SO stumped!
I'm out of things to try and truly hope someone here might have a suggestion
for me. Please?
Thx!!
 
Until you sort out your hardware problem you can use this free utility
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page4.html

PrintKey 5.01se (last freeware version) OS: Win95/98/Me/NT/2000
PrintKey allows printing anything on the screen to the printer. Once loaded,
it sits in the task bar. Hit the Print Screen key on your keyboard and the
program grabs the current screen, and is ready to manipulate (cut, crop,
convert to gray scale, etc) then either print or save to file. Very
intuitive, easy to use interface. Low resource consumption.
Author/Home Page:
Download (384 kB)
 
wawadave said:
thx the hard ware issue was solved. but not able to use print screen function
any more.
Click to expand...
I use SnagIt for images of the screen. Costs a few dollars, but is so much
more flexible. http://www.techsmith.com/

When I read your question, Print Screen no longer works on my machines
either, but wasn't aware of it. Therefore, I'm of no help. WinXP Pro w/SP2 on
both .
 
thx the hard ware issue was solved. but not able to use print screen function
any more.
Click to expand...

If you have a keyboard with one of those "lovely" F-Lock keys, press it.
Then try the print screen key again. After pressing the key, the capture is
in the clipboard. Open Paint or Wordpad and use the Paste command to create
a file that you can save or print.
 
you just have to double click the printkey2000 icon on the taskbar and the
screen will be captured
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

copy of active screen without using the Print Screen button 9
Print Screen doesn't work 12
PrintScreen Software 6
Epson XP-3150 not printing 2
Print Screen does not Print Screen, right? 2
PrintScreen needed for Dos program 1
Epson Printer Problem 6
Gadwin Print Screen 2

Back
Top