Hi, Lea. Thanks much, but this is not the same as the screen where the actual BIOS parameters and settings are being changed - that is quite a different beast.
In the distant past (not recently), I used a video capture card for this purpose. Basically, when on the BIOS screens on a PC, the graphics output (a VGA resolution) was fed to a card on another system in-line with the monitor (pre-LCD days!). This card captured video images. This was a pain, of course! I was hoping that the software engineers that Gary knows, have a great solution to this! :) Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:19 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software Hi Gillian, Click on the Start button, and then click on Run. When you get the Run box, type cmd and press Enter. [cid:image001.png at 01CBFEB8.3EA3C970] You'll get something like this: [cid:image002.png at 01CBFEB8.3EA3C970] You need to get back to the root directory, C:. Type cd\, and press Enter. [cid:image003.png at 01CBFEB8.3EA3C970] Now type wmic bios get /format:list, and press Enter again. That will show you a great deal of information about your BIOS. HTH, Lea _________________________________ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International www.astoria-pacific.com<http://www.astoria-pacific.com> <http://www.a>ph: 800-536-3111 fax: 503-655-7367 lea at astoria-pacific.com<mailto:lea at astoria-pacific.com> Please consider the environment before printing this email. `?.??.???`?.?.???`?...? ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?.???`?...?><((((?> NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This communication is from Astoria-Pacific International and is intended to be confidential and solely for the use of the persons or entities addressed above. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that the information contained herein may be protected from unauthorized use by privilege or law, and any copying, distribution, disclosure, or other use of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by return email or telephone (503) 657-3010 immediately, and delete or destroy all copies. Thank you for your cooperation. From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:02 PM To: Gary Bankston; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software Maybe this is a dumb question but how do you run the BIOS from command prompt? I only know the reboot and press F2 method. Thank you, Gillian Flato Senior Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 *408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics.com<mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gary Bankston Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:44 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software One of our software engineers, just now, viewed the BIOS using the Command Prompt and captured the image with Snag-it. Although he was clearly annoyed by my bothering him, he muttered to the effect "we do it all the time" I have no idea what all those lines of code mean, so I stay far away. I'm content just being a user of software. On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net<mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net<mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>> wrote: Hmmm ... I did not know that Snagit worked on BIOS screens ... (i.e., not when running inside Windows or MacOS for example). Do you know for sure if it does that? If so, it would be quite awesome! Z From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com>] On Behalf Of Gary Bankston Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:54 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC: PC BIOS Screen Capture Software I use the Tech-Smith Snagit tool. Seems to work well. gb On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Flato, Gillian <gflato at nanometrics.com<mailto:gflato at nanometrics.com>> wrote: This is off-topic but since you guys rock I'm hoping one of you has an answer. Does anyone know of software that allows you to capture the screen within the BIOS? 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