write to paint from scratchpad

[charles cashion]

Under XP, I could capture the screen ( control prtsc )
open paint, copy to paint ( control V ). Under Vista
nothing happens.

How can I copy the screen to paint?
Charles

 

[John Barnes]

Works here just using print screen without cntl

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Under XP, I could capture the screen ( control prtsc )
open paint, copy to paint ( control V ). Under Vista
nothing happens.

How can I copy the screen to paint?

It's still the same, although you have got it a little wrong. It's just
PrtScrn on its own to put the whole screen into the clipboard, and it's Alt
+ PrtScrn to put just the active window into the clipboard. Pasting it into
Notepad with Ctrl + V is the same as before as well.

ss.

 

[charles cashion]

It's still the same, although you have got it a little wrong. It's just
PrtScrn on its own to put the whole screen into the clipboard, and it's Alt
+ PrtScrn to put just the active window into the clipboard. Pasting it into
Notepad with Ctrl + V is the same as before as well.

ss.

I have now tried it with and without ctrl and with alt.
Now I need to know if it is the clipboard or it is paint
or it is a dead key. I have now had this laptop for about
a week, and this is (probably) the first time I have
tried to use prt_sc.
--cc

 

[John Barnes]

It's a picture so it will not paste to notepad, but it does to paint.
Thanks for adding he Alt / active screen, hadn't used that in soooo long

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I have now tried it with and without ctrl and with alt.
Now I need to know if it is the clipboard or it is paint
or it is a dead key. I have now had this laptop for about
a week, and this is (probably) the first time I have
tried to use prt_sc.

It's possible that you have to press Fn to enable that key to work as
PrtScrn. You do not have to on my Thinkpad, but I cannot tell how your
keyboard is set out.

ss.

 

[John Barnes]

Vista doesn't have the clipboard viewer, but you can try wordpad. If it
isn't there and you can copy and paste from other places, odds are the key
isn't functioning.

 

[charles cashion]

It's possible that you have to press Fn to enable that key to work as
PrtScrn. You do not have to on my Thinkpad, but I cannot tell how your
keyboard is set out.

ss.

ss...
Give yourself a gold star. My previous laptop was a
Thinkpad (too). For that keyboard, ctrl-prtsc was the
correct combination.

I guess it was not a Vista problem this time!
Thanks,
--cc