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Unable to print screen

Jan 24, 2010 10:45AM PST

I want to print set ups for e-mail servers etc but cannot print them with the print screen button. I am using windows Vista home premium.
pls help?

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After pressing Print Screen
Jan 24, 2010 12:37PM PST

did you open WordPad and select Paste on the edit menu this will Paste a picture of the screen into a wordpad document from which you can print it.

Remember a screen print is a picture of the screen and cannot be edited.

HTH

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unable to print screen windows vista home premium
Jan 25, 2010 9:52AM PST

Thanks, that worked and I found another way. Press the print scren button on the keyboard. Open word pad or a blank word document and position curser where you want the document to appear. Press Ctrl + V
and the document will be pasted into the new document. You can save it by pressing Ctrl + S to where ever you want

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I have that issue too.
Jan 24, 2010 10:49PM PST

What I learned was to move the focus from that app to another then print screen the entire screen. Paste that into paint and crop it.

There are 40 ways to get this done. Don't get stuck with just one.
Bob