I'm kind of bending the rules here, since qualifying topics include "website related issues" so I figured, well Google maps is a website, and the ATT forum just doesn't get the same kind of traffic as Super.

I'm trying to capture the street view of a beautiful large custom 1920's home that was demolished in favor of a new McMansion with zero character -- before the Google car cruises by to capture an updated image of the new house.

Is it possible?  Nothing I've tried has worked, other than saving the small view that populates in the upper left corner, and there are better views from a different angle.  I did save the page, but I'm sure it won't save the image with it once it's updated.

Right now the attached picture is the best I can do, and a shot from the end of the driveway where it's not so obscured by the Coast Live Oak tree would be much better.

I'm on XP.  I don't see any "screen capture" option in the drop-down list.  Is there another term for it or somewhere else I should look, or a Ctrl + something that will do it?

So Jeff, will Picasa viewer work instead of Paint?  I don't even know where Paint is on this thing.  I never use graphics apps.

Reply #4:  Huh?  Print screen then paste it?  From where exactly?  Don't you have to hit copy or cut in order for it to know what you want to paste?  Or is Print Screen the same as copying/cutting?

I found Paint and opened it.

I did Alt+PrtSc (this key is shared with Insert so I presume that since PrtSc is surrounded in a rectangular box that it responds to Alt) and then went to paint, did Ctrl+V and got zero zip zilch.  It didn't even react.  Just the little pencil sitting there in the white corner.

This is about as simple as folding a fitted sheet, apparently.

Thanks to all for the tutorials.

I used Fn+PrtSc and that saved it.  It captured the entire screen so it needed to be cropped.

Pasted it into paint, but couldn't get any changes to take there.  Saved it the way it was into "My Pictures" and then was able to edit and crop in Picasa.

Below is the finished product.  It's the best view I could come up with.  The house had been empty for a year or two before it was sold this past summer.

I intend to use this as a "before" picture.  The loss of classic homes only to be replaced with strip mall architecture needs to be curbed, but I'm not exactly sure how. 

People have the right to do what they want with their property, but there should be some kind of expanded inventory of architecturally and/or historically significant private residences, just as exists for public buildings.  They have one for "heritage" trees that are protected, either in parking strips or on private property, and I feel they need to take it further to include residences.  My neighborhood is under attack and losing homes that range from the one pictured to rambling MCM types, and is losing its identity as a result.

It's a very handsome house. People had better taste back then.This is just one more area where yours truly is out of step with modern sensibilities.

It would be possible to build attractive new houses but instead we get these grotesque monsters that future generations will laugh at before tearing down.

Nothing is obvious when it comes to me and "special" functions!  I'm sure they're routine for many people, but then I don't have an iPhone either.  Just an old school flip-open type with tactile buttons on their own keyboard and a decent sized screen. 

I'll remember Fn+Alt+PrtSc along with max window and zoom for next time.

I downloaded MWSnap3 and now have "Reg Pro" and "My Search Dial," an obnoxious tool bar installed on my machine.  There was no option NOT to have these things downloaded as part of the MWSnap3 download.

The "Reg Pro" window WILL NOT CLOSE unless I purchase it.

Lesson learned.  Back out and boycott any program that lays extra crap on you like this.

I've removed five garbage programs that hitched a ride on the download and appeared as shortcuts, but now Control panel is frozen trying to uninstall Reg Pro.  I can't get it (Control Panel) to close, although it appears Reg Pro is gone.  No more favors, please.

The advice provided above that lets me edit in Picasa works fine for me, so I'll stick with that.

Grrrrrrrr.

I got it all cleared out.  I did save the Image Converter shortcut which isn't harmful, but don't know if I'll use it.

No doubt there is a revenue scheme involved, and I kind of figured you'd have said something about the extra BS if it was an issue back when you downloaded it for yourself.

Usually they give you the option to decline the superfluous stuff they're attempting to install, but in this case that wasn't an option, or in the case of Reg Pro it wouldn't take NO for an answer.  The other stuff just showed up as part of the deal, including a shortcut to a gaming site, without any mention during the download process.

Perhaps the whole download site has been hacked.

Gary, the replacement house is still under construction and the exterior is still plywood.

I do intend to take a picture of the finished product, but will try to snap a shot for this thread before it falls off the board so people can at least get an idea, and I can take pix with my own camera to get the best angles.

I have it from a well-qualified source who isn't authorized to divulge (but did to a select few), that a '49er bought this house and is building the new one.  It's still not ready for its close-up, so I haven't bothered with a picture yet.

The home to the left seen in the OP above has also been purchased by a high-profile overly tattooed '49er, per the same source.

But you didn't hear it from me . . .

This is most assuredly a result of the the new Levis Stadium, where the '49ers will begin playing next season, being located just a few miles from here.