Print Screen

[rayrayjewels]

Is there a way to capture the screen on the windows side (i can do it on the mac side)?

On a normal windows maching it is alt+print screen...:confused:
thanks!!

[deputy_doofy]

Is there a way to capture the screen on the windows side (i can do it on the mac side)?

On a normal windows maching it is alt+print screen...:confused:
thanks!!

Edit: You know, it would help if I actually read the question and gave you the correct answer. Sorry about that!

On Windows, it is the Print Screen button (takes an entire screenshot).
If you do alt-print screen, it will take a picture of the window in focus only.

You can then use paint (or another graphics program) to paste it in and manipulate it.

[katie ta achoo]

I thought on a normal windows machine, it was control + shift + print screen? It saves it to the clipboard, yes?

Have you tried that?

[rayrayjewels]

um... is there a print screen button on the mbpro that i am missing??

[rayrayjewels]

Lets try this again...
I am on my mac book pro...
i want to be able to print screen on my windows side...
is this possible... is there a print screen key or way to capture my screens image?
thanks!:o

[deputy_doofy]

um... is there a print screen button on the mbpro that i am missing??

Found this on another site.... give it a try.

For print screen, hold down the Option key and click F4

http://digg.com/apple/Boot_Camp_1_1_beta

[katie ta achoo]

um... is there a print screen button on the mbpro that i am missing??

sorry.. thought there was one :o

Maybe you could remap the keyboard on the MBP and turn a key you never use into the "print screen" key temporarily.

[rayrayjewels]

Found this on another site.... give it a try.

For print screen, hold down the Option key and click F4

http://digg.com/apple/Boot_Camp_1_1_beta
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I said don't disturb me when I'm cleaning my room! thanks.. but i think that only works on the mac side... not the windows..

[deputy_doofy]

thanks.. but i think that only works on the mac side... not the windows...

Command-shift-3 and command-shift-4 are Mac screenshot options.

While running Windows under Boot Camp 1.1, try:
For print screen, hold down the Option key and click F4

I think it's a relatively new addition into Boot Camp.

Also found this:
Since my MBP doesn’t come with a “Print Screen” button, I downloaded Gadwin’s PrintScreen program and assigned a different key to capture screen shots. I also tested some other common XP programs such as FlashFXP and everything seems to be working well. However, as many have already complained about Microsoft Vista, it is indeed very annoying how often the OS asks you for confirmation to carry out a task. I think I was asked a total of three times if I was sure that I wanted to install PrintScreen.

I'm googling this question because I'm sure you're not alone. :)

[rayrayjewels]

sorry.. thought there was one :o

Maybe you could remap the keyboard on the MBP and turn a key you never use into the "print screen" key temporarily.

hmmm.... even if i remapped, i still would not have a print screen key... the command in mac is opt+4... do you think that would work on the windows side??

[rayrayjewels]

Command-shift-3 and command-shift-4 are Mac screenshot options.

While running Windows under Boot Camp 1.1, try:
For print screen, hold down the Option key and click F4

I think it's a relatively new addition into Boot Camp.

Also found this:
Since my MBP doesn’t come with a “Print Screen” button, I downloaded Gadwin’s PrintScreen program and assigned a different key to capture screen shots. I also tested some other common XP programs such as FlashFXP and everything seems to be working well. However, as many have already complained about Microsoft Vista, it is indeed very annoying how often the OS asks you for confirmation to carry out a task. I think I was asked a total of three times if I was sure that I wanted to install PrintScreen.

I'm googling this question because I'm sure you're not alone. :)

that command closes my program!
it doesn't work.
thanks.

[deputy_doofy]

hmmm.... even if i remapped, i still would not have a print screen key... the command in mac is opt+4... do you think that would work on the windows side??

The Mac screen copy is command-shift-3 AND command-shift-4, but NOT option+4 as you suggest.
Also, the suggestion given on the other site said option-F4. Though looking at your previous post, it still seems not to work.

[rayrayjewels]

The Mac screen copy is command-shift-3 AND command-shift-4, but NOT option+4 as you suggest.
Also, the suggestion given on the other site said option-F4. Though looking at your previous post, it still seems not to work.

yes, you are right, its the apple key, not option, sorry, i know how to do it on the mac side.

its the windows i am trying to figure out.

[deputy_doofy]

yes, you are right, its the apple key, not option, sorry, i know how to do it on the mac side.

its the windows i am trying to figure out.

I know. I'm trying to figure it out with you. I will be buying a MBP pro relatively soon (waiting for Merom) and will eventually be installing Windows on it for the fun of it. It will help to learn where some keys are now. :)

[rayrayjewels]

I know. I'm trying to figure it out with you. I will be buying a MBP pro relatively soon (waiting for Merom) and will eventually be installing Windows on it for the fun of it. It will help to learn where some keys are now. :)

i found this on the mac website, i guess i just need to update my bootcamp :o
Updating to Boot Camp 1.1.1 beta

If you previously installed Boot Camp beta, you can easily update to Boot Camp 1.1.1 beta. You don't need to partition your hard drive again (unless you want to change its size) or reinstall your Macintosh and Windows software or documents, but it's very important to update the Boot Camp Assistant software, create a new Macintosh Drivers for Windows CD and install the updated software it contains on Windows XP. Complete instructions are provided in the Installation and Setup Guide included with the Boot Camp 1.1.1 beta software.

[evangelion-01]

Download "InputRemapper_0_9_18_Beta.exe" theres probably a new version... on the windows side of things you just have to hold the FN button, then click the according button that you use on your mac, such as F3 to mute, f4 to lower sound, etc. It also has a button configuration for right click and print screen, i think it's FN+ Delete, but im not sure.

[Sayer]

What we have here, is, failure... to communicate.

This reminds me of the time someone replied to my email, quoting the *entire* email I sent, and added the complaint that I had never responded to them.

Everyone responding in this thread said to either Press Option-F4 or update BootCamp, and finally the newbie 'discovered' an updated BootCamp which will let Opt-F4 make a screencap. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!

[FOG Lite]

F14! It's F14!

That's for a capture to clipboard, which is what i need since I want to do some cropping. But I still don't know an actual "prinnt Screen" command on the Windows side.

[pascalpp]

Early in this thread someone pasted a blurb from a digg thread on Boot Camp 1.1, saying that you can emulate the Print Screen by pressing Option-F4. This is the Windows keymapping to close the current window. So they're pulling your leg.

Apparently the real way to Print Screen is to press either F13 or F14 (i've read both, not sure which is correct, but I think it's F14). My problem is that my MacBook has neither of these keys. I'm wondering if there's another way to emulate the Print Screen function using the default keymappings in XP. Guess I'll have to download a keymapper for Windows. Anyone dealt with this before?

[katie ta achoo]

F14! It's F14!

That's for a capture to clipboard, which is what i need since I want to do some cropping. But I still don't know an actual "prinnt Screen" command on the Windows side.

unless the MBP keyboard is suddenly 2 buttons wider, there is no f-14

[Haliburton]

Following is a text-only copy of page 17 in the above-noted document, included on the BootCamp 1.1 disk image.

On my Apple Pro Keyboard (supplied with G4 Dual 500) connected to my MBP 2.0 GHz 2 GB Boot Camp 1.1, I can press F14 'til the cows come home, with no discernable effect . . . nothing on the clipboard to paste into MS Paint, Photoshop, whatever.

Perhaps this function is only enabled for current Apple Keyboards ?

Oh, and the link to the docs.info.apple page does not work.


Haliburton

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Boot Camp Beta installation & Setup Guide.pdf :

Enabling Apple Keyboard Support

Apple Keyboard Support assigns the keys on your Apple keyboard to match a standard Windows keyboard. This enables Control-Alt-Delete, Print Screen, and other important key commands to work with Windows XP.

To enable Apple Keyboard Support:
1 Click the keyboard icon in the Windows System Tray.
2 Choose Enable.

Apple Keyboard Support is enabled by default. If you are using a Windows keyboard, disable this feature.

The following table tells you how to get some of the most common PC key commands on Apple external and built-in keyboards. For details, see:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304270


PC key command Apple external keyboard Built-in Mac keyboard

Control-Alt-Delete Control-Option-FwdDelete Fn-Control-Option-Delete
Alt Option Fn-Option
Backspace Delete Delete
Delete FwdDelete Fn-Delete
Insert Help N/A
Number lock Clear Fn-F6
Pause/Break F16 N/A
Print Screen F14 N/A
Scroll/Lock F15 N/A

notes:
FwdDelete is the Delete key above the navigation keys.
Hold down the Fn key to use the embedded keypad.


Right-clicking
You can right click when running Windows on your Macintosh by using a Mighty Mouse or by using the right-side Command key with a single-button mouse or trackpad.

To right-click using a Mighty Mouse:
- Click the button you’ve designated as the secondary button on your mouse.

To right-click with a single-button mouse or trackpad:
- Hold down the right-side Command key and click the mouse or trackpad.

[Haliburton]

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[Half-Brain]

Perhaps but i searched the internet all over to find the answer to this and to no evail, i decided to no longer rely on the great and mighty google to solve my problem and do a little outside of the box thinking and what came to mind......The onscreen keyboard that comes with every installation of windows XP... tada. It works.

Have a lovley time with windows on your macbook... I am loving it.

[leereeves]

I never knew this, but Windows XP and Windows Vista both include a registry hack for remapping keys. So I remapped my right Apple key to Print Screen (http://vistaonamacbookpro.info/?p=57).

Which is especially awesome because my USB keyboard has an option/alt key right next to the right Apple key. So taking screenshots in Windows Vista is now easier on my MacBook than on my PCs.

Installing Windows Vista on a MacBook Pro has been a lot of fun.

[phuong]

well, on my MP i just simple use F13 for whole screen and Option-F13 for a window
then i paste it into Paint.

this is for both XP and Vista under Parallels. i haven't tried it on Bootcamp though.

[cgmadcat]

Just go to:
Start
Programs
Accessories
Accessibility
On Screen Keyboard

That should solve your keyboard problems.

[hunterdog]

On a Mac Pro, that answers the original question.

[murdoc158]

Just go to:
Start
Programs
Accessories
Accessibility
On Screen Keyboard

That should solve your keyboard problems.

+1 Then just click Shift and Print Screen (PSC) on the on-screen keyboard and paste into MS Paint or whatever.

[SamanSaleem]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about but Alt+f11 on my macbook worked like shift+PrntScrn do on a normal PC

[LinuxPriestess]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about but Alt+f11 on my macbook worked like shift+PrntScrn do on a normal PC

...and if in Boot Camp, on the Keyboard tab, you have the "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features" box UNchecked, it's Alt+fn+f11.

[eliesha]

i have looked at all the information in this thread and tried everything as suggested.

the only thing that DOES work on my macbook pro on the windows side is allowing the use of the f11 and f12 keys by ticking the checkbox in bootcamp, and then using the onscreen keyboard in windows xp. I do not like this option he screen image that you have created, then has the onscreen keyboard in your copy, which is not attractive.

has anyone worked out a solution to this as i have read the bootcamp and various information sites, to no avail.

ELISHA

[neilhart]

An alternative to using Window print screen that I use is MWSnap from www.mirekw.com, a free utility, that lets you have full control of what you capture and what type of file you save it as. Check it out.

Neil

[Santa Rosa]

Macbook Pro with Vista using Bootcamp 2.0 with your function keys controlling the volume and screen brightness etc the printscreen command is

Shift + Fn + F11

Took me many different key combos before I worked that one out.

That will take a standard printscreen.

:apple:

[waiphyok]

Yo,

Great! it works for MB as well as MBP.

To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11

U might try removing "Fn" from ur combination if u can't use the above.

Thanks everyone!


-W
http://edwardwitten.blogspot.com

[rtfm]

I too recently got myself a MacBook and just ran into the same problem.

After reading the whole trail of responses, I figured there should be a simpler solution. XP has an On-Screen Keyboard application (part of the accessibility software). I just held down the Alt key and clicked on the PSC key on the keyboard an captured the active window.

[ttriff]

An alternative to using Window print screen that I use is MWSnap from www.mirekw.com, a free utility, that lets you have full control of what you capture and what type of file you save it as. Check it out.

NeilCorrect this is an excellent freeware program. Significantly more useful that the simple print-screen command

[eliesha]

thankyou so much for your help, post #33 and the additional post #34 work perfectly on a Macbook Pro using windows XP with bootcamp... i can now print and paste screen again!!



I wonder how to update this manual to say shift+fn+F11, so that other people dont have to muck around for hours trying to find a solution?

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf

the instructions in the mac manual under subtitle; "using windows on your mac" incorrectly lists the solution as:
Print active window Option-F14 Option-Fn-F11

this does not work at all.., and is in the official instructions... has this actually worked for anyone?!!


thanks again #33 and #34!
eliesha

[DJJAMS]

Fantastic, I finally got a answer after a week of searching other forums. I will keep this site in my book marks

[ying]

i have the same problem with u and i found something its work for me

start>all program>accessories>acessibility>on screen keyboard

then u will see psc , just click on it. then u will see paste on paint.

[adoptme]

Solution: (Vista Ultimate)
To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11

Both Santa Rosa and waiphyok are brilliant + correct!
Thank you!

[soundsgoodtome]

Yo,

Great! it works for MB as well as MBP.

To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11

U might try removing "Fn" from ur combination if u can't use the above.

Thanks everyone!


-W
http://edwardwitten.blogspot.com

Really glad that worked for you! Unfortunately for me -- it didn't. I have the exact same problem -- except I'm not running Windows on a MB or a MBP. I have a couple of Macs and 1 PC -- sharing a standard Mac keyboard. So of course I have no "print screen" button -- but I also have no *function* key on the standard Mac keyboard. So I can't type the key combis listed above.

Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't have the foresight to make the On-Screen Keyboard disappear from screen shots taken via that method, so while that method works, it's a problem (for me) that the On-Screen Keyboard's visible in the shots I take.

So if anyone comes up with a solution sans-function-key, please let us know.

Thanks.

[Infrared]

Also, Vista comes with a "Snipping Tool".
It's MS's "Grab" equivalent.

[soundsgoodtome]

Also, Vista comes with a "Snipping Tool".
It's MS's "Grab" equivalent.

I'm running XP, and Vista's not an option. Maybe I'll have to find a Windows keyboard.

[myid9876543]

on a full mac keyboard its f15 and alt/option f15, i hav an imac, and my parents hav a mbp and an mp (macbook pro, and mac pro) (yes, i live in my parents house, im under 18)

[hobycook]

Hello. There. Is. No. F13. on. a. MacBook.
No. It. Is. Not. There.
Thanks

[CarlsonCustoms]

Vista with Snipping tool is great. I think its even better then the mac version.

You should check it out.

Zack

[codingogre]

While I think there are some valid solutions posted here I found the following information from Apple. There is no need to install anything.

The following is using Bootcamp version 2.0

1.) Right click on the Boot Camp icon located in the notification area of the taskbar. Select "Boot Camp Help".
2.) Select "Using Windows on your Mac"
3.) Select "PC key commands"

THESE ARE A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE KEYBOARD MAPPINGS. FOR INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PARTICULAR MAC (INCLUDING MACBOOK PRO WHICH IS DIFFERENT) USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167

These mappings work for a variety of hardware setups.

[soundsgoodtome]

While I think there are some valid solutions posted here I found the following information from Apple. There is no need to install anything.

The following is using Bootcamp version 2.0

1.) Right click on the Boot Camp icon located in the notification area of the taskbar. Select "Boot Camp Help".
2.) Select "Using Windows on your Mac"
3.) Select "PC key commands"

THESE ARE A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE KEYBOARD MAPPINGS. FOR INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PARTICULAR MAC (INCLUDING MACBOOK PRO WHICH IS DIFFERENT) USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167

These mappings work for a variety of hardware setups.

But that only works in the Mac OS. :-) This thread actually contains various issues that are related, but are not identical. For example, I was switching among 2 Macs and a PC with one Mac keyboard and display.

(I can't help mentioning that I'm speechless how cumbersome it is to take screenshots in Windows. Even with a Windows keyboard, after taking a screenshot, the contents of the clipboard have to be pasted into an app, then saved somewhere. On a Mac, you hit the keyboard shortcut, and the image appears on your desktop. Unlike many "haters" who've never actually used both platforms, I have. The examples of inferiority and counterintuitive design are endless. To shut down a PC, you go to a menu called "Start"?)

Anyway, the good news is I did find a solution -- and a much better one than just a hotkey:

http://www.cacatoo.com/

Elegant, elegant, elegant. Not only does cacatoo (it's a Windows app, by the way) take the screenshots for you -- whole-screen, any window, or any portion of the screen -- it then uploads the image to your account on their server, which you can access later, or email to people, or whatever. And it was free.

Cacatoo got the job done, allowing me to sell the PC. :-)

[ApplePirate]

I know. I'm trying to figure it out with you. I will be buying a MBP pro relatively soon (waiting for Merom) and will eventually be installing Windows on it for the fun of it. It will help to learn where some keys are now. :)


1-I tried to activate the f1 all the way to f12 on windows vista to even try to put the commands that you suggest to take a picture of the screen... but i haven't been sucessful so far.
2-Could you also explain me in detail how to install windows in a macbook with intel processor? a friend installed it in the pc with success but unfortunately he passed the way and now I don't know how to do it.:eek:

[ApplePirate]

Yo,

Great! it works for MB as well as MBP.

To capture full screenshot - Shift + Fn + F11
To capture active window - Shift + Alt + Fn + F11

U might try removing "Fn" from ur combination if u can't use the above.

Thanks everyone!


-W
http://edwardwitten.blogspot.com
Perfect, brilliant, magnificent... wonderful!! it worked!:p

[Santa Rosa]

Perfect, brilliant, magnificent... wonderful!! it worked!:p

So much for my credit on that one.... :rolleyes: ;)

[xtoocreative]

I don't know if it's been discovered or not, I didn't read through...
I'm running XP on my Mac for an IT class.. and she asked us to do a screen shot..
After about 2 minutes of wondering how the crap I could do it.. I remembered the on screen keyboard =]
it has a print screen button on it above the arrows "PSC"

hope this helped..

[jonanice]

I found many websites that gave all sorts of differnet key combinations for printing the screen if you have windows on a new macbook including some saying pressing F13/14 when my macbook pro only goes as far as F12.
Anyways i finally found what worked for me and i didnt need to download a print screen program like some others sugested either

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8205/screenyd.th.png (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenyd.png)

hope this helps others like it did me :D

[casmer]

I think your asking how to do a print screen when running windows natively, and i have found shift+fn+F11 (adding alt makes it the current window only) in vista.
whish is that is in the little picture in the post before mine but this will get captured by search engines.

[sn00pie]

Found this on another site.... give it a try.

For print screen, hold down the Option key and click F4

http://digg.com/apple/Boot_Camp_1_1_beta

Been looking for that! Thanks! :)

[amoney]

I found many websites that gave all sorts of differnet key combinations for printing the screen if you have windows on a new macbook including some saying pressing F13/14 when my macbook pro only goes as far as F12.
Anyways i finally found what worked for me and i didnt need to download a print screen program like some others sugested either

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8205/screenyd.th.png (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenyd.png)

hope this helps others like it did me :D

Dude, you rawk!!!

[SandiG]

Alt + F14 worked to do a print screen until I installed Boot Camp 2.1
I was using 2.0. Now even if I remove boot camp and reinstall 2.0 my keys will not regain functionality. I have uninstalled all the drivers from add/remove programs and installed Boot Camp 2.0 again but still have had no success. Does anyone have any ideas how I can regain key functionality? System Restore is turned off by the way, ugh!

[tvps2vs]

i was looking for a solution to this problem as well. It occured to me that there is a on screen keyboard built in to win xp. go to start, all programs accessories, accessability, then on screen keyboard. the prc key will print screen then you can just open paint or w/e and paste it.

[blouis79]

(Yes its [Fn][shift][F11] to copy screen to clipboard.)

Official answer via Apple is listed separately for each apple keyboard type.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167
MBPro for example:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1220

FWIW, I am using Bootcamp driver on Windows 7 PC (until Apple can play blu-ray!) to talk to my apple USB keyboard.

[hyumi]

Command-shift-3 and command-shift-4 are Mac screenshot options.


it works!
thanks alot! =D :)

[engrhu]

To screen capture the entire screen displayed on the monitor for Mac Book Pro with XP installed, which does not have an F13 key, do the following:
<Shift> <Fn> <F11>

This is equivolent to the "Print Screen" button on a windows Keyboard.

Note: This is for a MacBook Pro Core2Duo purchased Feb 2009, installed with XP sp3.

[mr666]

Now I am totally lost. Anyone care to make a simple chart:

Windows Vista MacBook capture whole screen press _____
Windows Vista MacBook capture active window press _____
Windows XP MacBook capture whole screen press _____
Windows XP MacBook capture active window press _____