LOL, next thing you know, you'll be waving a cd/dvd/floppy in front of the
monitor and wondering why the machine can't 'find' it!

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"Gary Mount" <gary_mount********.com> wrote in message
news:B31E4418-46C9-45B3-97E0-99F3DC89F44A@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> You could also use a digital camera.
>
>
> "norm" <normrapp@att.net> wrote in message
> news:eQ4fyufQIHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Gilles Ganault wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I just installed Vista, and I need to take a screen shot of when an UAC
>>> window pop ups, but..
>>> - the usual PrintScreen or Alt+PrintScreen is disabled
>>> - using Vista's Snipping Tool doesn't work either (Its window, and
>>> hence the mouse, is no longer accessible when an UAC window is
>>> displayed).
>>>
>>> Is there a solution?
>>>
>>> Thank you.[/color]
>>
>>
>> The following,which works to capture pop up menus such as the right-click
>> menu, might be worth a try if you can predict when the UAC window will
>> pop up:
>> Open the Snipping Tool and minimize it; this keeps it working. When the
>> UAC window appears press Ctrl+Print Screen.[/color]
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