Disable PrintScreen
Dear friends,
I would like to know how to disable PrintScreen function (for security purpose) in WinXP.
Security
Dear friends,
I would like to know how to disable PrintScreen function (for security purpose) in WinXP.
by bfilmfan
There really is no way to prevent a third-party application from grabbing screen shots.
That being said, Windows implements Print Screen using a registered hotkey. Windows uses the predefined hotkeys IDHOT_SNAPDESKTOP and IDHOT_SNAPWINDOW to handle Print Screen. These correspond to Print Screen, which captures the entire screen, and Alt+Print Screen, which captures only the active window. To disable these functions all you have to do is register the hotkeys, which causes Windows to send your app a WM_HOTKEY message when the user presses either hotkey. Your implementation can ignore the message to bypass the default screen-capture behavior.
Check this blog for more details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/11/CatWork/default.aspx
by support-team
by mark_watts6
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