Win XP start-up screen

[scotman]

Is it possible to get a screen capture of the first start-up screen?
I mean the one with the small frame at the bottom with the square blue blocks that travel left to right while OS is starting up

[wildwood]

Don't know how to 'capture' it, but here's one you can enlarge.

[VHG]

The best way to capture Windows screens like this is to install a product like Virtual PC (free).

Install Virtual PC, then install Windows XP under that.

That will mean that Windows XP will appear in a window under your "main" operating system.

You can then take screen shots of this window.

Get Virtual PC from here

http://tinyurl.com/287fx8

To see how it works here is a picture of XP running under Vista

http://www.techmixer.com/pic/2007/10/virtualpc 200701.jpg

[scotman]

Wildwood
Thanks for the reply, unfortunately since mine no longer looks like that I need to gat a screen capture of mine to show.

[squarebear]

Probably best if you try to get it with a digital camera.

[rojash]

Obviously you can't use an application to capture it, as you can't run an app until the operating system is running. As squarebear, the best option is to photograph it.

Incidentally, I hope it doesn't look like that, as that's one from prior to service pack 1, after which MS dropped the the words "Home" and "Professional" from the various editions.

[VHG]

If you install Virtual PC, which is free from Microsoft, you can then install Windows XP under that.

Virtual PC runs in a Window on your dekstop so you can take any pictures of that Window whatever it is doing.

You can get Virtual PC from here

http://tinyurl.com/287fx8

Here it is in action, with XP running under Vista.

http://www.techmixer.com/pic/2007/10/virtualpc 200701.jpg

[Adeline-2009]

try PCHand Screen Capture which could help u capture anything on the screen. i knew it from my friend, and im using it. it offers many capture modes and several output types, u can choose as ur need. and it can work with windows 7. i think it is pretty good, hope it could help.
http://www.screen-capture-record.com/ Media URL: http://www.screen-capture-record.com/
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