print screen doesn't work if VirtualBox is active window

print screen doesn't work if VirtualBox is active window My host system is Windows Vista home premium. I have setup a VBox environment to install slackware Linux, I'm trying to take screen prints of the various stages, but I can't seem to get the print screen to work
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Guest [Entry]

Print screen and Virtual Box can be a little quirky sometimes. I get around this by using the snipping tool. If you click the Start Orb and begin typing 'snip' it should pop up. (I like it better than screen a straight print screen anyway since I discovered it)

Guest [Entry]

"VMware workstation 6.5.4 running on rhel with guest OS of Windows XP.

From menu view -> gt -> grab input, then press:

alt+prnt scrn or ctrl+prnt scrn as per normal in Windows XP. Then paste in guest as normal.

No extra software required."