Originally Posted by noise

hey storymilo, is it a laptop? does your PrtSc key share a function with anything else? might be an Fn key issue.

alternatively, to see if it's a hardware issue, go Start-Run and type osk.exe
this is the on-screen keyboard. use the PrtSc button there, and see if it captures your screen. if it works, then it's your keyboard.

also, not sure what all this Ctrl-PrtSc stuff is about. all you need is PrtSc. using Alt will capture the active window, but Ctrl does not do anything...