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Gene E. Bloch
Don't let that stop you. (Well, I really mean the OP.)The OP started this thread with "I have no Print Screen key"...
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Roy Smith
Of course it runs on Win7, otherwise I wouldn't have recommended it.
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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Professional
Thunderbird 3.1.9
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:02:33 PM
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Ken Blake
You have been in the dark fellas. I thought I learned this trick in
kindergarten
Hold down the Alt Key and at the same time press the Print Screen key.
The picture is then in memory. Now open your graphics program and just
do a paste.
Note the following points:
1. Note the first line you quoted, above: "I have no "print screen"
key on my Windows7 keyboard."
2. Holding down the alt key isn't necessary. If you press the PrtScrn
key, an image of the entire screen goes into the clipboard. If you
hold down the alt key and press the PrtScrn key, an image of only the
current window goes into the clipboard.
3. You don't have to paste the clipboard into a graphics program. You
can paste it into many other programs, such as Microsoft Word.
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LouB
The machine is probably a NetBook so the mfg did not expect it to beKen said:
hooked to a printer.
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Panic
"LouB" wrote in message
hooked to a printer.
????? Although the key is Prt Sc (print screen) it has nothing to do with
printing. It allows you to capture all or a portion of the viewing screen
to Paste into a program. You could then print it from that program if you
have a printer but that is a separate item.
The machine is probably a NetBook so the mfg did not expect it to beKen said:
hooked to a printer.
????? Although the key is Prt Sc (print screen) it has nothing to do with
printing. It allows you to capture all or a portion of the viewing screen
to Paste into a program. You could then print it from that program if you
have a printer but that is a separate item.
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relic
Eons ago, it DID print the screen.Panic said:
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Ken Blake
Yes, but irrelevant to the question.
Yes, but also irrelevant. Here's my standard post on the subject:
Back in the days of DOS, the PrtScn key used to print the screen. But
in all versions of Windows, this works differently, and the name of
the key is now an anachronism. The key does *not* print the screen.
PrtScrn captures the whole screen, and Alt-PrtScrn captures the active
window.
Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard. Once it's in
the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any application that
supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics programs, even your
favorite word processor). You can edit or add to the image as you
wish, then print it.
This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing it
is an improvement over the original DOS method of just printing it.
But if you'd like that old facility back, there are several
third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this, such as
PrintKey2000 at
http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm
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Evelyn Woolston
My experience too. So far, Win7 has been pretty tolerant. Even if a programLouB said:
doesn't work, it doesn't seem to screw up Windows7 in the way that failed
software on XP used to. (Just as well, since I've never been able to get
Win7's System Restore to restore successfully so far when I've tested it
out.)
Evi
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LouB
I knew it was irrelevant but figured a little added info would not hurt.Ken said:
I guess "panic" really did
)
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Ken Blake
Ken Blake wrote:
I knew it was irrelevant but figured a little added info would not hurt.
I guess "panic" really did
OK, but then let me suggest that in the future, if you post a message
like that, you make it clearer what you mean; say something up front
like "this is irrelevant to the question, but to add a little more
info..."
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Panic
"Ken Blake" wrote in message
Yes, but irrelevant to the question.
Not relevant to the original question but relevant to "The machine is
probably a NetBook so the mfg did not expect it to be
hooked to a printer." that I was responding to. My point was THAT
statement was irrelevant because PrtScn doesn't print.
Back in the days of DOS, the PrtScn key used to print the screen. But
in all versions of Windows, this works differently, and the name of
the key is now an anachronism. The key does *not* print the screen.
PrtScrn captures the whole screen, and Alt-PrtScrn captures the active
window.
Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard. Once it's in
the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any application that
supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics programs, even your
favorite word processor). You can edit or add to the image as you
wish, then print it.
This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing it
is an improvement over the original DOS method of just printing it.
But if you'd like that old facility back, there are several
third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this, such as
PrintKey2000 at
http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm
Yes, but irrelevant to the question.
Yes, but also irrelevant. Here's my standard post on the subject:
Not relevant to the original question but relevant to "The machine is
probably a NetBook so the mfg did not expect it to be
hooked to a printer." that I was responding to. My point was THAT
statement was irrelevant because PrtScn doesn't print.
Back in the days of DOS, the PrtScn key used to print the screen. But
in all versions of Windows, this works differently, and the name of
the key is now an anachronism. The key does *not* print the screen.
PrtScrn captures the whole screen, and Alt-PrtScrn captures the active
window.
Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard. Once it's in
the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any application that
supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics programs, even your
favorite word processor). You can edit or add to the image as you
wish, then print it.
This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing it
is an improvement over the original DOS method of just printing it.
But if you'd like that old facility back, there are several
third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this, such as
PrintKey2000 at
http://www.sharewarejunkies.com/00zwd2/printkey2000.htm
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Stan Brown
Did you not read the OP's query? There is no PrtSc or PrintScreenYou have been in the dark fellas. I thought I learned this trick in
kindergarten
Hold down the Alt Key and at the same time press the Print Screen key.
key on that computer.
Those of us who *did* read before replying are trying to offer
workarounds for the functionality of the missing key.
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Stan Brown
In fact, it was in the BIOS. I remember using that key in the late
1980s to make a record of my BIOS configuration settings.
I don't know whether it's been removed from the BIOS, or Windows just
overrides it.
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Gene E. Bloch
Norton Internet Security can prevent System Restore from completing
successfully.
If that happens to be your problem, do this (or the equivalent in your
version):
To allow System Restore with Norton IS:
Open NIS
-> Computer Settings
-> Misc
-> Turn OFF Product Security Tamper Protection
(Copied and pasted from a note I wrote to myself when I still used NIS).
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Ken Blake
Maybe on some machines, but not on all.
In general, you could *not* do that. Most people used to record their
BIOS settings either manually or by taking photographs of the screen.
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Lewis
On my computer it is labeled F13
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Airman Basic
What computer came without it? I have two netbooks, an Asus and an HP,
and they both have it, albeit combined with another key.
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Stan Brown
My Dell Inspiron laptop has a full numeric keypad and does have a
PrtSc key, but lacks ScrollLock and Pause/Break. My Logitech
illuminated keyboard (which I quite like) also lacks Scroll Lock,
though it has all the other keys.
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Bob I
If push comes to shove, you can get access to the missing ones via OSK.
Just plug that into the Start, Search/Run box.
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James Silverton
That's an interesting idea! I had not known that OSK was "On screen
keyboard" until I put it into "All Programs and Files".
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James Silverton, Potomac
I'm "not"
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