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i have installed windows xp on macbook pro using virtual box. I need to take the screen shot. How to take this in windows xp on virtualbox?
bharath
Posted 2011-07-04T07:51:16.933
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How to take the screenshot in windows XP on virtualbox?
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The standard way you take a screenshot in Windows is hit PRINT, paste the data into i.e. Paint and save the image. If you don't want the VirtualBox-Window to show, you can use CTRL+F to enable fullscreen mode and take the snapshot there.
cularis
Posted 2011-07-04T07:51:16.933
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You have to first release your keyboard from the VirtualBox window by pressing the Host Key (Right Ctrl by default). Then press Alt+Print Screen to capture just the window.
ALM865
Posted 2011-07-04T07:51:16.933
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The new feature is available in versions 4.0 and above, so this will not work on older editions of the software. What you need to do is invoke the following command:
VBoxManage controlvm <vm name> screenshotpng <filename>.png
That's the whole of magic, where is the name of your virtual machine and is any string you want to use to identify your screenshots later on.
Valentino
Posted 2011-07-04T07:51:16.933
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Great find, thanks! Looks useful - in addition, this should probably work for any combination of VM host/VM guest. – Piskvor left the building – 2012-07-25T14:37:41.697
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I like to use Skitch from my OS X host environment anytime I need to take a screenshot of something in a virtual machine.
RobPaller
Posted 2011-07-04T07:51:16.933
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On mac we don't have print button. what we do for this? – bharath – 2011-07-04T09:17:11.530
@bhakki Does this help? http://www.josiahland.com/archives/792
– cularis – 2011-07-04T09:18:24.160