Kind of a silly computer problem.

Factual Questions
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I would like to take a screen shot on my computer. In the past I would just click the prtscn button and the go to paint and click past (I think, I haven’t need to do this in a while so it could be an I D 10 T failure and I’m just misremembering) I need to do this again last night and now nothing happens. When I go into Paint the paste option is grayed out and nothing is on my clip board. :frowning:

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks much

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Try shift + printscreen.

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Try to hit CTRL-PrtScn at the same time.

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Thanks for the fast replies but unfortunately neither of them work.

Any other ideas?

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Thanks drachillix,

A few questions you may or may not know.
Will this just print my screen to a printer? (If so it’s not quite what I’m looking for I need to edit the picture in paint or the like)

And

I would still kind of like to know what’s going on with my prtscn button.

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I’ve used PrintKey 2000 on my laptop to do this function:

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What OS are you running?

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Windows xp pro

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One idea, maybe you’ve installed Print Screen Replacement or something similar, and forgot about it. This utility makes print screen a one click operation. It drops a screen shot directly into a chosen folder, no need for pasting into paint. Maybe there’s a file called **SC_1.jpg ** sitting in your pictures folder. (And if you haven’t installed it, you ought to.)

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Do you have any browser windows open? Some sites try to prevent you from cut-and-paste by clearing the clipboard every 0.1sec or so with a JavaScript call. Try closing any browser windows you don’t need, or disabling JavaScript, and see if you can cut and paste then.

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This is gonna sound crazy, but on my work XP pc, the key combination is alt-print screen. Have you installed a new keyboard?

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I’m a Mac user so there’s no reason I should know this, but I think stolichnaya is correct, the Windows keystroke is ALT printscreen, not Ctrl or Shift.

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It’s Alt-PrintScreen for the current window, PrintScreen for the entire screen.

The capture utility I use is MWsnap, free (as in beer). Can’t say it’s better than the others, which I haven’t tried, but it is very good.

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Thank you all for trying to solve my weird problem. I now know I can down load a program that will let me capture the screen but I would really like to know what’s going on.

Sorry to everyone who suggested alt+print screen, it’s a no go.

I have installed a new keyboard. It’s a Microsoft wireless multimedia keyboard and mouse model 1014. Everything else works just fine.

again thank you all for the help

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Then I suggest you need to go to Microsoft support, you can’t be the only one to have bought that keyboard. There’s probably a KB article on the issue.

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Did you try fn-PrintScr? I don’t really expect it to work, but it is worth a try.

Also, check out the settings in the keyboard’s Control Panel applet. I know some MS keyboards let you map the Internet keys (email, browser, etc.). Maybe there is a setting or mapping for Print Screen.

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Does this MS article address your problem?

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I’m surprised nobody suggested this, but the keys you want to press are Windows key+Print Screen. Or at least that’s what’s worked on every Windows 2000 or XP machine I’ve ever used.

ETA: Huh. ALT+Print Screen seems to work for me, too. I never knew that. Your problem could be something else then, but Windows Key+Print Screen is at least worth a try.

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opaa!!!

mhendo gets the prize! it was my F lock key that was messing things up for me.

Thanks to everyone for all your help.