How to take a screenshot with no "PrntScrn" key?

March 12, 2004 5:03 AM

How does one take a screenshot on a PC if the keyboard doesn't have one of those handy "PrntScrn" keys?
posted by jpburns to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

ScreenRip32 works - you can take a shot of a screen, window or any user-defined area on the screen. Plus, it's free.
posted by SlappyPeterson at 5:10 AM on March 12, 2004

the free "gadwin print screen" lets you assign keys for screen captures.
posted by mecran01 at 5:39 AM on March 12, 2004

I also use Gadwin.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:01 AM on March 12, 2004

I use Paint Shop Pro, but simply because I have it and it has that feature built in. A bit expensive for just screen shots. You piqued my curiosity though: what PC doesn't have a PrntScrn keys? It's been part of the standard keyboard since the original PC.
posted by AstroGuy at 9:46 AM on March 12, 2004

I'll third Gadwin PrintScreen. Someone posted a link to it here recently and I've been loving it since.
posted by mindless progress at 10:55 AM on March 12, 2004

Free solution that doesn't require special software. I tested it, the print screen key works.

Enjoy.
posted by shepd at 3:44 PM on March 12, 2004

Corrected free solution from shepd.
posted by shoos at 5:12 PM on March 12, 2004

shepd: I was thinking about that trick too, but then how do you get a screen shot without the OSK window in it?
posted by AstroGuy at 8:54 PM on March 12, 2004