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by Member 35750441

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I would like to disable the ability of using Print Screen to copy the current screen to the clipboard in Windows 2000. Is this possible?

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by saihib

It's easy. Just epoxy the key in place. It's not used for anything else anyway.

by saihib

I suppose, if you can ask a question, so can I. What are you trying to accomplish? There may be other solutions out there. I'm really curious to know why you would want to restrict a user's ability to do this as I use that function frequently to help the dummies I work with. Is someone stealing data from your company?

by Member 35750441

I am teaching a class in a university computer lab, and we have had problems with students taking tests online who do a printscreen of the test question screen and then e-mail it to themselves to share with other students. Since these are univeristygeneral lab computers they cannot be modified in any physical way; I need a solution that can be implemented through a Registry edit or in some other way that does not interfere with any other class's use of the computers.

by saihib

Well, you have a problem. The easy solution would be to just ask your students to be honest. I'm sure they would oblige your request. Why are students in a lab allowed e-mail access from a machine they are taking a test from? That is an invitation to cheat. Disabling a keyboard key is kind of diffuclt due to the fact that ASCII commands are universal as far as computer language is concerned. I'd love to be able to give you an easy solution but I'd also like to know how disable sereral other keys on the board.
It's much easier to not allow anything outbound.

by Member 35750441

Thanks anyway for comiserating with me. I'm going to leave this open; maybe someone will come up with something.

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