If you want to show a picture or screenshot you will need to upload them to a third party host and link or include the image in your post.

Some of the more popular online storage websites for images are:

There are many others aswell.

After you've uploaded your image to an online source, simply insert the url to the online file in your post.

<img src=http://www.domain.com/path/to/mypicture.jpg />

More information about how to insert images on the tracker can be found here.


How do I create screenshot?

There are various ways you can create a screenshot.

Method 1

  • select the application window that you want to screenshot and press ALT+PRINTSCREEN. This will make a screenshot to the clipboard.
  • Open an image editor like Paint and paste the contents of the clipboard in a new image.
  • Edit / highlight details in the screen appropriately (if applicable).
  • Save the image and upload it to an online source.

Method 2

  • Use the Microsoft Snipping Tool. Instructions can be found here.

Method 3


Full screen Media Center screenshots

By default, Windows Media Center screenshots can only be made in windowed mode. There is a registry trick though to enable fullscreen screenshots:

  • Start the Registry Editor (start > type “regedit” in the search box)
  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Service\Video
  • Create a new (32-bit) DWORD Value called “EnablePrintScreen” and set it’s value to “1

You can now create screenshots in fullscreen mode using ALT+PRINTSCREEN.

Thanks to Rominator for pointing out this trick. Original website.


Inserting an image in a post

Information about how to insert an image here on the tracker can be found here.

Using Dropbox

To retrieve the public url for an image, you can do the following:

  • On your computer, go to the Dropbox Public folder and place your image you want to insert inside
  • Right-click the image and select “Dropbox > Copy Public Link” from the context menu.
  • Paste the link in the post that you want it to show up using the Image button in the Topic editor.

Using Anony No site Sign up Required!

  • Just simply go to the site, and use the browse button and locate the image to be uploaded, and then copy the url link the site feeds you.
  • Paste the link in the post that you want it to show up using the Image button in the Topic editor.

<img src=http://www.domain.com/path/to/mypicture.jpg />

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