Unable To Do A Screen Shot Help

stclair

Ive been unable to do a screenshot for a few months now.

I used to just press prt sc (print screen) however it no longer works.

Does anyone have any suggestions why this may be?

pcombo

Have you tried pressing the prtscn buttom then pressing control V in say mspaint of word document. Should work.

stclair

pcombo wrote: »

Have you tried pressing the prtscn buttom then pressing control V in say mspaint of word document. Should work.

thanks pcombo,

I used to just be able to press print screen then press crtl V to paste into say a word document. But for some reason it wont let me do so anymore.

Ive also tried doing crtl alt and print screen but it still wont work

I was wondering if i needed to change something in the control panel or something?

CHR15

What about just Alt PrtScn (will copy the selected window)

Does the PrtScn button have a secondary function you may have enabled?

stclair

CHR15 wrote: »

What about just Alt PrtScn (will copy the selected window)

Does the PrtScn button have a secondary function you may have enabled?

I must have done something before ages ago to stop it from working christ knows what that was though lol

If i press alt and prtscn it just takes me to my home page :eek:

espresso

Is this a laptop? FN + PrtScn.

stclair

espresso wrote: »

Is this a laptop? FN + PrtScn.

Yeah it is a laptop ive tried that aswell and it still dont work.

Im at my wits end now think ill have to contact compaq about it :eek:

jmc160

If it's running Vista or Windows 7, then there's an app included for this. It's called Snipping Tool and can be found in All Programs\Accessories.

If it's XP, then I can't offer any more than others have already.

System

and strangely enough, I have myself just discovered this snipping tool (Vista ultimate) and have been experimenting with it and I'm quite pleased with it and judging from the revues and user comments, it is a very worthwhile thing.

Simply go to Start>Programmes>Accessories>Snipping Tool

But more than that, here is a user guide to explain in detail:-

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial135.html

System

I think it is nice when someone makes a note of thanks that hasn't posted within a particular thread such as has happened here (debitcardmayhem ), it shows that there are folk that wander around the forum picking up idea's and learning, after all, that's what it's all about.

jmc160

^^ Couldn't agree more mate