desktop screenshot distorted with vista aero

hi

no big deal this. but...

if i take a desktop screenshot (print screen) with vista aero set as my
themme then the shot is distorted and discoloured even though the desktop
looked fine.

i thought it might just be pasting to ms paint that caused the distortion
but the same happens when i paste to word 2007 beta or to paint.net or to
p/s cs.

here's what i mean

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3426/yukk4oq.jpg

taking a screenie under any other theme works ok.

a64 3000+ on an asus k8v_mx with 1 gig of pc3200

geforce 6200 agp/128mb; 88.61 x86 forceware -- 80 gig sata maxtor/xp home --
80 gig sata seagate/vista cpp beta.

any suggestions as to what might be wrong or how to remedy this.

thought it might be the clipboard but i can't find a clipboard viewer in
vista.......... i'll keep looking though.

binlid wrote:

> hi
>
> no big deal this. but...
>
> if i take a desktop screenshot (print screen) with vista aero set as my
> themme then the shot is distorted and discoloured even though the
> desktop looked fine.
>
> i thought it might just be pasting to ms paint that caused the
> distortion but the same happens when i paste to word 2007 beta or to
> paint.net or to p/s cs.
>
> here's what i mean
>
> http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3426/yukk4oq.jpg
>
> taking a screenie under any other theme works ok.
>
> a64 3000+ on an asus k8v_mx with 1 gig of pc3200
>
> geforce 6200 agp/128mb; 88.61 x86 forceware -- 80 gig sata maxtor/xp
> home -- 80 gig sata seagate/vista cpp beta.
>
> any suggestions as to what might be wrong or how to remedy this.
>
> thought it might be the clipboard but i can't find a clipboard viewer in
> vista.......... i'll keep looking though.

Known issue with many video drivers. The only way to work-around it is
to turn off glass.

MS says the current behaviour is "by design" believe it or not.

"Mike Williams" <mikew@m-v-p-s.org.null> wrote in message
news:448C8E41.1000803@m-v-p-s.org.null...

> binlid wrote:

>
> Known issue with many video drivers. The only way to work-around it is to
> turn off glass.
>
> MS says the current behaviour is "by design" believe it or not.

thanks for that