Print Screen

[Sirius]

Now that I found the Clipboard viewer, I was trying to capture the desktop
with the "Print Screen"button, but it does not work. When I open the viewer,
all I see is blackness. When I paste it to Paint, same thing, blackness.
Is this a problem with the keyboard, or the applet?
How do I find out? Do I need to update something? Any suggestions would be
great.

Thank you. Sirius.

 

[TaurArian]

You can take two different kinds of screen shots:
A picture of the whole screen by pressing PRINT SCREEN
A picture of the active window by pressing ALT-PRINT SCREEN

Some links to some screen capture programs:-
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm PrintKey 2000
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter.htm
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp - recommended but not
free


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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Now that I found the Clipboard viewer, I was trying to capture the desktop
with the "Print Screen"button, but it does not work. When I open the
viewer, all I see is blackness. When I paste it to Paint, same thing,
blackness.
Is this a problem with the keyboard, or the applet?
How do I find out? Do I need to update something? Any suggestions would be
great.

Thank you. Sirius.

Try this sequence:
1. Press PrtScr
2. Click Start / Run / mspaint{OK}
3. Press Ctrl+V
You should now see a picture of your previous scree in the PaintBrush
screen.

 

[Sirius]

Nope, it's not working. It's all blackness what was captured.

S.

 

[3c273]

Sounds like print screen is buggered for some reason. Have you tried a third
party screen shot utility? You might try MWSnap (freeware) and see if that
will work.
Louis

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps the problem is WHAT you are trying to screencapture. For
instance, "movies" don't work.

 

[Sirius]

Yes, this freeware did work. Thank you.
I am still curious though, what happened to print screen.


S.

 

[Sirius]

No, not a movie, a cat photo from screensavers.com,
that's hidden someplace in my pc and I can't find where they put it.

S.

 

[Bob I]

That may be the reason.

No, not a movie, a cat photo from screensavers.com,
that's hidden someplace in my pc and I can't find where they put it.

S.

 

[HeyBub]

Nope, it's not working. It's all blackness what was captured.

Use Ctrl-C to put something ELSE on the clipboard first (a line of text,
anything). Then try the Prt-Scrn button. Then paste the result in MSPaint.
If you get the first batch of stuff, your Prt-Scrn key's broken.

 

[John Waller]

I am still curious though, what happened to print screen.

What's the make and model of your keyboard?

 

[Sirius]

It says Mitsuko, made in China...
Not sure about the model number.

S.

 

[Sirius]

I filled the screen with an internet explorer window
and the print screen button did work with that.
So I guess it's not the button, Bob I was right, thank you.
I did get the cat with the freebie software
Mr. 3c273 recommended, and it's not bad, but not the full resolution.
Turns out this screen saver thing is spyware, so I really would like to get
even with them and snag their photo....

So I have this older Windows XP computer "infected" on purpose for the
experiment.

Stealing from a thief is not really stealing.....

Thank you.

S.