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  • A Abhinav S

    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

    It's 8.45 PM, and I'd better get moving to home.

    Yes. The joys of being a nerd. :sigh:

    Too much of heaven can bring you underground Heaven can always turn around Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound Heaven, the kill that makes no sound

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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

      As you move the mouse cursor, the crosshair moves with it. You could draw a rectangle anywhere on the screen by depressing and dragging the mouse button to capture ANY rectangular portion of the screen. It doesn't matter how many windows are you covering - just move the crosshair to cover what you want.

      "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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      David Crow
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      I guess I've just been using mspaint too long then to see how this would be of any benefit (to me). I can paste and crop out what I don't want in a matter of seconds.

      "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

      "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

      "Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine." - William Feather

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        I guess I've just been using mspaint too long then to see how this would be of any benefit (to me). I can paste and crop out what I don't want in a matter of seconds.

        "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

        "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

        "Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine." - William Feather

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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        Sure, whatever works for you. I was using the paint method for years too, but this proved to be quicker for me.

        "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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        • R Rajesh R Subramanian
          1. The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
          2. I will NEVER, in a million years restart my machine because a snipping tool tells me to do so, and I search for alternatives. ( Heck - windows update has been pleading me to restart for a week now, so the snipping tool should get in the queue instead of asking me to restart immediately. :laugh: )
          3. Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
          4. I then found a minor glitch - Previously, I've had the windows snipping tool pinned to my task bar, but this one goes into the system tray.
          5. If I pin it to the task bar and click on it, it tells me that the program is already running (yes it is, in the system tray). That's why it is a glitch - I have to right click on the icon in task bar to get a screen capture (or I can press the Pring screen key). But I WANT an icon pinned in the taskbar to take screenshots, because I'm used to it.
          6. Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
          7. This new utility comes up when I press the print screen key. So, I can write a small C++ program to post this hot key press event to that program's hidden window. (use Spy++ to get the details)
          8. Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
          9. I then clicked on the windows snipping tool just to give it one last chance. And ... it just comes up and works fine as if nothing happened at all. :confused:

          But in the process, I learned a couple of things that I had not known and I think that it's worth it! Plus, this new utility is a little faster than the windows snipping tool, so I think it's all good. It's 8.45 PM, and I'd better get moving to home. Have a good day, fellas. :)

          "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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          GenJerDan
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          What's a Snipping Tool? That being said, my Windows keeps losing its audio. I think Flash is stealing it. Something to do with ASIO? Know knows. I have to log off and back on again to get my sounds back. When the sound is gone, there is no error of any kind anywhere. It's just...gone. :(

          It always itches for the first week or so. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian
            1. The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
            2. I will NEVER, in a million years restart my machine because a snipping tool tells me to do so, and I search for alternatives. ( Heck - windows update has been pleading me to restart for a week now, so the snipping tool should get in the queue instead of asking me to restart immediately. :laugh: )
            3. Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
            4. I then found a minor glitch - Previously, I've had the windows snipping tool pinned to my task bar, but this one goes into the system tray.
            5. If I pin it to the task bar and click on it, it tells me that the program is already running (yes it is, in the system tray). That's why it is a glitch - I have to right click on the icon in task bar to get a screen capture (or I can press the Pring screen key). But I WANT an icon pinned in the taskbar to take screenshots, because I'm used to it.
            6. Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
            7. This new utility comes up when I press the print screen key. So, I can write a small C++ program to post this hot key press event to that program's hidden window. (use Spy++ to get the details)
            8. Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
            9. I then clicked on the windows snipping tool just to give it one last chance. And ... it just comes up and works fine as if nothing happened at all. :confused:

            But in the process, I learned a couple of things that I had not known and I think that it's worth it! Plus, this new utility is a little faster than the windows snipping tool, so I think it's all good. It's 8.45 PM, and I'd better get moving to home. Have a good day, fellas. :)

            "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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            jsc42
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            Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

            or I can press the Pring screen key

            I wish that I had a Pring screen key. We used to use Ctrl-G in the MS-DOS days (it didn't Pring, but it did ding).

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            • R Rage

              Linked article states:

              Snipping Tool on Vista always fails when I try to run it with the following error: Any clues on what is going wrong?

              Answer: Yes, Vista.

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              giuchici
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              Really? Is that your explanation? And I have a feeling you're not kidding.

              giuchici

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                What's a Snipping Tool? That being said, my Windows keeps losing its audio. I think Flash is stealing it. Something to do with ASIO? Know knows. I have to log off and back on again to get my sounds back. When the sound is gone, there is no error of any kind anywhere. It's just...gone. :(

                It always itches for the first week or so. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                giuchici
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                It comes with age.

                giuchici

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                • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

                  Absolutely correct! 5+ What is it already with windows and all this booting going on? Real OSs require a reboot after recompiling the kernel modules, but not because of configuration changes. Cheers!

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                  giuchici
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                  Isn't the application you're installing requesting the reboot? Take for example installing Nvidia video drivers. It used to be a business that required reboot. For such an operation I wouldn't even dare to expect not having to. Lately though, there's no need for rebooting. So most of the time is up to the app. And what's a Real OS? What's the definition? Do their names have to end in x or be nicknamed after felines? I looked it up on Google and got nothing. Cheers.

                  giuchici

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                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian
                    1. The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
                    2. I will NEVER, in a million years restart my machine because a snipping tool tells me to do so, and I search for alternatives. ( Heck - windows update has been pleading me to restart for a week now, so the snipping tool should get in the queue instead of asking me to restart immediately. :laugh: )
                    3. Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
                    4. I then found a minor glitch - Previously, I've had the windows snipping tool pinned to my task bar, but this one goes into the system tray.
                    5. If I pin it to the task bar and click on it, it tells me that the program is already running (yes it is, in the system tray). That's why it is a glitch - I have to right click on the icon in task bar to get a screen capture (or I can press the Pring screen key). But I WANT an icon pinned in the taskbar to take screenshots, because I'm used to it.
                    6. Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
                    7. This new utility comes up when I press the print screen key. So, I can write a small C++ program to post this hot key press event to that program's hidden window. (use Spy++ to get the details)
                    8. Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
                    9. I then clicked on the windows snipping tool just to give it one last chance. And ... it just comes up and works fine as if nothing happened at all. :confused:

                    But in the process, I learned a couple of things that I had not known and I think that it's worth it! Plus, this new utility is a little faster than the windows snipping tool, so I think it's all good. It's 8.45 PM, and I'd better get moving to home. Have a good day, fellas. :)

                    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                    Charl
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                    I am not a nerd - I would have just re-started.....................

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                    • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

                      Absolutely correct! 5+ What is it already with windows and all this booting going on? Real OSs require a reboot after recompiling the kernel modules, but not because of configuration changes. Cheers!

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                      Gary R Wheeler
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                      Manfred R. Bihy wrote:

                      Real OSs require a reboot after recompiling the kernel modules

                      Real OSs don't require that the end user recompile the kernel modules.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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