Screenshot shortcut on a laptop Solved

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Hello everyone !!!

Here I have a problem: I have a laptop (HP Pavilion dv8212ea) with a numeric keypad and a key "Print Screen". But when I press it and go into Paint to paste the screenshot, nothing happens!!! The key doesn't work... I tried pressing it with "Ctrl" at the same time as well as with the "Alt" key, but nothing happened. I don't see how to "activate" it.

Does anyone know and could explain how to make it work please ???

Thanks a lot in advance !!!

P.S.: if it helps, the key is located above the "Num Lock" key; on top there is a white arrow pointing up/left and underneath there is a small blue rectangle with blue text inside "Print Screen".

Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0

Doctor C · Accepted Answer

There’s a certain PASCALOU on a site who says:

you need to have an Fn key right next to the Ctrl key
you press Fn and Insert at the same time

Insert being the same key as Print Screen

so you press Fn (End) and Print Screen at the same time.

I don’t know if it works but it should.
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Jotech · Answer

Good evening,

Do you have an Fn key?

Best regards, Jordan

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Jotech · Answer

Hi there,  Here you go ^^  Explain well Doctor C ;)

lamelanie57 · Answer

Hey there everyone!!!

Thank you very much for your advice and thank you for trying to help me!!!

Unfortunately it didn’t work...

Regarding Doctor C's advice, my "insert" and "print screen" keys are two distinct keys. I don’t know if that’s the case everywhere, but it doesn’t seem to be according to the expression "insert being the same key as print screen."

I also have the "End" key.

I tried pressing the three keys at once, then two at a time, but nothing worked :(

Thank you very much anyway!!!

Best regards, Mélanie

Furtif · Answer

Good evening

If it is written in blue, you must press and hold your Fn key (also blue) to access any other blue key.

Furthermore, if this key is double ... print / insert, you must also press simultaneously either:
- on Shift
- Alt
- Ctrl
- AltGr (different from Alt)
then Print Screen (so 3 keys at the same time)

One of these combinations must work. It depends on the PC model.
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gstaerck · Answer

Screenshot on HP DV 9000   Press the Fn key and Print Screen   Paste into a folder

HannahTrashy. · Answer

Hello my name is Marylou & I live in Bordeaux. To congratulate me on my promotion to the next grade... My mother was supposed to replace my Apple MacBook Air that I dropped during a drink-filled evening. My mother bought me the HP Pavilion DV6. & I had the same problem "Print Screen." & I went on this forum, tried the "Fn" key, and for me it worked :)

PSG-du-16 · Answer

Hello everyone, firstly I don’t see an "FN" key (however I do have a "End" key)
and secondly I have a HP Pavilion Entertainment (it's a laptop) so if anyone has the answer to my question please tell me ;)

PSG-du-16 · Answer

sorry, I found the "FN" key thanks doctor C ;)

fendy · Answer

Me too, I have the same problem :(

hichrii · Answer

Really idiots, it’s FN then Imp écr!  It’s not that hard, all the HPs are like that

Sisi · Answer

I also have a HP laptop and I had the same issue for months, and thanks to your answers I finally got it by pressing only the "fn" key (next to the "ctrl" key) and the "print screen" key at the same time... Then I can paste my screenshot into Paint with a simple paste...
Thank you so much

abdo9al3a · Answer

Hello everyone me ji hp nx7400 i was suffering to know how to imp erc finally the solution was: ctrl+fn+insert(prt sc)

Saileen · Answer

Hello everyone, if it can help some of you, for screenshots I use "prtsc sysrq" at the top right.

cmoi0741 · Answer

I own a DV6000 pavilion and the Fn and Ctrl keys no longer work, after coffee spilled on the keyboard... The Print Screen can be obtained in different ways, Num Lock as well, the rest too, except for brightness control F7 and F8 (on XP)... and that’s what interests me... does anyone have an idea??? Thanks in advance :)

Jojo · Answer

Ask Cortana on your PC: it will open a screen capture tool application.

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