Login Window

[mr?]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering if anyone knew the dimensions of the login window at startup. I have a Macbook but everytime i try and change the background of it, the image appears to be stretched. If someone can tell me how to take a photo of the window then i can show you.
Thanks
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[hopejr]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering if anyone knew the dimensions of the login window at startup. I have a Macbook but everytime i try and change the background of it, the image appears to be stretched. If someone can tell me how to take a photo of the window then i can show you.
Thanks
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Depending on settings and number of users, it could be any height. The width is 470px.

To take a picture of the login window, if you only have one user, add another. turn on fast user switching, and then select a user from the menu in the menubar. A login window will appear that you can do a screen dump of.

 

[mr?]

Depending on settings and number of users, it could be any height. The width is 470px.

To take a picture of the login window, if you only have one user, add another. turn on fast user switching, and then select a user from the menu in the menubar. A login window will appear that you can do a screen dump of.

Thanks. How do i take the screenshot though?? alt+command+3 does not work (and i have 2 users).
Thanks

 

[mr?]

Does no one know how to do it??

 

[TheAnswer]

Apple-Shift-3 to take a picture of the whole screen or Apple-Shift-4 to get the crosshairs and drag to select a portion of the screen.

 

[mr?]

Yeah i tried that but it doesnt work.

 

[eluk]

Yeah i tried that but it doesnt work.

What are you expecting? There should be PNG files on your desktop. Numbered Picture1 etc.

 

[mr?]

That is what i am expecting but it doesnt work

 

[bitabytex]

This, I think, is the only way you can take a screenshot of the login window:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/10/impossibleshots/index.php

I know it probably isn't likely to take, but that's how you would do it.

edit: You can also use a camera or the iSight. For the iSight, here's a link: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006120918170984

 

[hopejr]

You obviously didn't follow my instructions. argh!

cmd+shift+3/4 works with what I said.

 

[dpaanlka]

Just to clear everybody up, I've seen three different names for this button, and only one was right (and one was way off).

For my own sanity, everyone, please call it Command. That's the name of the button.