Print Screen on PC with Mac keyboard through KVM

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Print Screen on PC with Mac keyboard through KVM

I'm running both a mac and pc side-by-side with a KVM switch, prefering the mac keyboard over my nearly rotting pc keyboard (it's been through a lot, heh).

Aside from that sob story, how can I get my mac keyboard to send a "print screen" command to my pc?

I've tried the solution offered at http://www.macwindows.com/keytips.html but it didn't work for me. I'm running Windows XP.

Thanks!

Posted on Oct 1, 2005 11:59 AM

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Dec 29, 2005 2:04 PM in response to Nicholas Arnold

Aside from that sob story, how can I get my mac
keyboard to send a "print screen" command to my pc?

A quick and dirty solution without remaping your keys through the Registry is to use the Microsoft "On-Screen Keyboard".

On your Windows PC...

Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard

The "psc" key is the Print Screen key. The downside of this solution is that you have to use the mouse to click the on-screen keyboard and therefore cannot capture screens where the mouse pointer must be positioned elsewhere.

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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