Print screen on WINXP VM on Mac Host

[jnuey]

Maybe ctrl was unnecessary but yea it copies it to the clipboard so I can paste into paint to edit, etc.

[mpack]

Not just unnecessary, it forms a different keystroke and may not produce the same result.

[jnuey]

I've done it a bunch of times on regular pc w/o problems. Either way I'm still at a loss with this for XP, any more ideas?

[loukingjr]

You've run out of options. You can either…
Install the Boot Camp drivers in your guest.
Use Snipping Tool as mpack suggested.

Or, you can create a shared folder for your guest and use the VirtualBox screenshot, save it in the shared folder then copy it into your guest.

FYI, this is not a VirtualBox issue. The same thing happens when you plug an Apple Keyboard into a Windows PC. The keymaps and keycodes are different and not all overlap.

[mpack]

Actually, "Snipping Tool" doesn't exist in XP. There may however be third party equivalents around.

[loukingjr]

That is correct mpack, I was thinking of a free third party tool called "Snipping Tool ++". I had it installed in an XP guest in the past. I think I had to update Java to get it working but it worked.

[jnuey]

I'm interested in revisiting this but for the purpose of using f1,f2, f3 keys etc. Can someone provide a link where I can get the boot camp drivers for a windows 7 guest?

[mpack]

How is that related to the original question? One issue per topic please.

[jnuey]

Because I still want to install the boot camp drivers I just don't know how. Same solution?

[loukingjr]

Two things…
1. If you want the Macs function keys to work normally on guests you need to go into System Preferences>Keyboard and set them to act as normal function keys.
2. For the Boot Camp Drivers do a search for "Boot Camp Support Software".

Whether the drivers will fix the PrtScr once they're installed in the guest I can't say.

None of this is VirtualBox issue.