The joys of being a nerd
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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.
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
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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- The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
- 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: )
- Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
- 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.
- 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.
- Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
- 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)
- Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
- 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.
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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- The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
- 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: )
- Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
- 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.
- 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.
- Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
- 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)
- Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
- 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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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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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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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!
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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- The snipping tool (that comes with the OS) stops working, and it tells me that I should restart my system. (This very problem[^])
- 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: )
- Find something called Greenshot[^], which is open source and works great!
- 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.
- 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.
- Get into geek mode and think for a few seconds and then... VOILA!
- 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)
- Write code, build an executable that's 56 KB. Pin it to the task bar and click on it. Everything works great. :cool:
- 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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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!
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:
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