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Nepatsfan

In Tony Girgenti wrote:
Hello.

Does anybody know how to get the text from a windows message
into a forum message without typing it verbatim from the
message itself ?
I ask a lot of questions on these forums and it has been
very helpful and i would like to continue to do so. But
when you have to post an error message you get from windows,
the only way i know to do it is to type the message.
I tried pasting the message to the forum in HTML format, but
some people don't use HTML and therefore do not see what i
am posting.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

Many Windows error messages can be matched up to an entry in
Event Viewer.
Go to Start - Run and enter eventvwr.msc in the Open Box.
Click OK.
Click on Application in the left hand column. Note: Follow this
procedure in the System section if needed.
Look for an Error event that corresponds to the message you
received.
Double click on the entry.
In Event Properties, look for the button with two pages
displayed. It should be on the right below the up and down
arrows.
Click on this button. This will copy the text within the
Description box to the Clipboard.
You can now paste this text into your message.

Keep in mind that you can filter events listed by right
clicking on Application and/or System in the left hand column
and selecting Properties from the menu. Click on the Filter
tab. Remove the check mark from the Information box. Click OK.

Not all error messages are documented in Event Viewer but
hopefully the ones you encounter will be present.

Good luck

Nepatsfan