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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo / September 2005gambled something neat...
And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. No matter what I try, nothing will take a screen shot now (not just D2)... any ideas? -- Weretable and the Undead Chairs USWest - weretable >And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded >to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. >No matter what I try, nothing will take a screen shot now (not just >D2)... any ideas? Do you think you have any kind of Accessibility Options that might be interfering? - Samiel No screenie but you can tell us the mods.. > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > USWest - weretable > No screenie but you can tell us the mods.. I can't add to the other discussion but would like to hear about what you gambled. On that special day, weretable and the undead chairs, (happy@nightmare.time) said... > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. Weird. I had SP2 from the beginning, and can make screenshots as many as I like. Maybe I can, because I installed Diablo2 *after* the SP2? Gabriele Neukam Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de  SignatureAh, Information. A property, too valuable these days, to give it away, just so, at no cost. > On that special day, weretable and the undead chairs, > (happy@nightmare.time) said... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Weird. I had SP2 from the beginning, and can make screenshots as many > as I like. Maybe I can, because I installed Diablo2 *after* the SP2? I installed SP2 *after* D2 and I have no trouble taking screenshots. Unless you call taking too many, trouble. I often have to clean out my D2 folder. I used to wonder why I took some of them until I realised that, with my KVM switch, to change between machines, I have to press <Scroll Lock> <Scroll Lock> <Esc> quite quickly and, having FFS, my fat finger was sometimes hitting the <Print Scrn> button as well. Signature~misfit~ > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. Upgraded??? Sorry for you... I'm not sure why MS allows ppl to do that... it's always best to install from scratch... Software systems are too complex for any upgrade to work reasonably well, in my opinion. No amount of resources from MS can consider (and fix) all the possible problems. >> And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded >> to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > reasonably well, in my opinion. No amount of resources from MS can > consider (and fix) all the possible problems. True, but people don't want to buy a new OS every year or so. The free service packs are pretty much the only way to provide people with (somewhat) frequents improvements for free. In general the SP's for XP have been a good thing. They can sometimes cause a problem or two, but the fixed outnumber the new problems by far. The new security center annoys me to no end, but for novice users it's a great thing. Et cetera ad nauseum. Sorry for going off-topic there, but I can't stand it when people complain when MS does something good for a change. ;-) As for the problem at hand, you (weretable) are looking for the screenies in the D2 folder? You could try just pasting in paint or something right after pressing prtscr. If that works, D2's screen capping is being overridden, either by windows, or because D2 doesn't catch the button being pressed. If you can assign a new hotkey to screen capping in D2 (not sure 'cause I never tried) you want to make sure you're pressing the right key of course. ;-) Not likely, I know, but you could check just to be sure. Sjoerd >>> And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded >>> to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Sorry for going off-topic there, but I can't stand it when people > complain when MS does something good for a change. ;-) Ouf - we have a communication problem - I was thinking that it was an UPGRADE from pre-XP (say Win 2K) OS, rather than installing from a formatted hard drive. If it was XP -> XP SP2, then that's a good thing (and in my book, an UPDATE, not an UPGRADE, especially since you don't buy it)! I wasn't knocking SPs at all - I know that some people refuse to UPDATE their systems via service packs and security patches, and that's just stupid! If you're willing to trust MS on your system at all, then you should at least trust them to install their patches automatically. Hope I cleared the ether! > [snip] > If you can assign a new hotkey to screen > capping in D2 (not sure 'cause I never tried) you want to make sure > you're pressing the right key of course. ;-) Not likely, I know, but you > could check just to be sure. This is a good idea and it's easy to try. > Ouf - we have a communication problem - I was thinking that it was an > UPGRADE from pre-XP (say Win 2K) OS, rather than installing from a > formatted hard drive. Ah, right, those kind of upgrades need to be banned. :-P Sjoerd DOS/Win -> NT/Win = problems NT/WIN -> NT/Win = time savings >> Ouf - we have a communication problem - I was thinking that it was an >> UPGRADE from pre-XP (say Win 2K) OS, rather than installing from a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sjoerd > DOS/Win -> NT/Win = problems > NT/WIN -> NT/Win = time savings Windows, a virus cleverly disguised as an operating system. So glad I don't use it. Mickey >>> Ouf - we have a communication problem - I was thinking that it was an >>> UPGRADE from pre-XP (say Win 2K) OS, rather than installing from a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Sjoerd > Windows, a virus cleverly disguised as an operating system. So glad I > don't use it. X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Whose computer you usin? Signature"Because all you of Earth are idiots!" ¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·-> freemont© <-·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯ >> Windows, a virus cleverly disguised as an operating system. So glad I >> don't use it. > > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 > > Whose computer you usin? Mine. I run OE in a windows box under Merlin (OS/2), as it's too large a pita to build the ini file so it can run natively. Mickey >>>> And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently >>>> upgraded to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > automatically. > Hope I cleared the ether! Hmmm, not sure I agree with that as-is. I installed SP2 when it first came out on one of my machines and it broke several applications (and created a 2GB error file!!!!) so I uninstalled it. After a while, and a few fixes from MS, I tried again and everything was fine. Now all five of my XP machines are running SP2. It was the same with SP1. Moral of story, never use the first version of anything MS, always give them time to fix problems. They can be a bit keen on getting things released and, often, there are still problems with the first version. Also, I don't let "it" install whatever it wants. I have it set to check with me. Install patches automatically? LOL, do you play HC? You'll wish you didn't have that setting one day if you do when it starts downloading a multi-MB patch just as you're facing Lister. Also, some 'packages' I don't want on my machine. (Flash, Active X etc.) so I like to be the one who decides what I'm running, not MS. Signature~misfit~ > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. > No matter what I try, nothing will take a screen shot now (not just > D2)... any ideas? I suspect you may be taking screenshot, but they are going someplace you do not know of. I would first press F3 from the desktop and do a search on your HDD for Screenshot* and see if it finds them. If they are in a place other than the Diablo II folder, check teh icon on the desktop and see what it has in the "Start In" field. Mickey > > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > than the Diablo II folder, check teh icon on the desktop and see what it has > in the "Start In" field. This was my first guess as well. The other possibility is that the keyboard mapping has somehow been altered (mind you, I installed SP2 after D2 as well and haven't had this problem). He might want to consider resetting the keyboard options to their default or set it specifically to a certain keyboard. Shari (Orchid) > And I wanted to take a screenshot, but no dice. I recently upgraded > to SP2 (Windows XP) and that is the only recent change I have made. > No matter what I try, nothing will take a screen shot now (not just > D2)... any ideas? I've had the same problem on all my machine's that use XP/whatever sp. Alternative for you dload Fraps. (www.fraps.com) You will have to edit your screenshots for size using the free version but other than that it's quite handy. Works for ingame applications. HTH SignatureIn a World full of Insanity Here I Stand. Sliver Yeah, I should have said update rather than upgrade. I was using SP1 and didn't update to SP2 for a long time since too many gamers had complained about it screwing stuff up. As for the screenshot, I never could get it working, but I will download fraps and see what that does for me. The gamble was an ammy with a 60% resist, which I have never seen before: +20 cold/poison resist +29 lit resist +60 fire resist magic damage reduced by 3 I think it might have had some other mod, something worthless though. -- Weretable and the Undead Chairs USWest - weretable weretable and the undead chairs <happy@nightmare.time>, in a display of leetness, fell down the stairs, tripped over an urn, and then threw a cracked sash at Baal... >Yeah, I should have said update rather than upgrade. I was using SP1 >and didn't update to SP2 for a long time since too many gamers had [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >+60 fire resist >magic damage reduced by 3 Ah, so that's 20% prismatic, then 9% lightning resistance and 40% fire resistance as the second and third prefixes. A shame the 9% lightning prefix wasn't a +skills one instead. Nice amulet though, assuming the level requirement is low to middling SignatureUSWest SCL: 86 barb, 87 paladin, 88 sorceress, 88 necro. |
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