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Hello all,
I used to use a great Free ScreenCapture Program. It did everything great. Razor sharp full screen or any selected area. It was pretty old.
I have reinstalled XP so many times I can't find it or remember what it was.
I used it to capture software setups screens. It was a big help.
Can someone Recommend a good one?
Thank you, Wayne,
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hold ctrl and hit PrtSrn
Then paste the picure (captured screen) into any graphics program (?)
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!
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rharv,
I tried all key combinations and nothing. It doesn't do anything on my machine.
What I had I was able to draw a quick box around any section of the screen and save it.
Thanks, Wayne
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Screenhunter: free, simple, works. Available here. John
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When you hit 'PntScn' (I hold ctrl as an old habit when hitting it) Windows copies a picture of your screen to the clipboard. It has done this with all recent versions of windows.
Then you have to paste it somewhere.
You can open Paint (or any graphics program), create a new blank document and paste it in. Works with Paint, Photoshop, Photofiltre, every one I've ever tried.
Tip- make the blank document larger than your screen so it all pastes, then crop what you want. Example - if screen res is 1024 X 768 make the document 1200 X 800 ...
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!
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Hello all,
I used to use a great Free ScreenCapture Program. It did everything great. Razor sharp full screen or any selected area. It was pretty old.
I have reinstalled XP so many times I can't find it or remember what it was.
I used it to capture software setups screens. It was a big help.
Can someone Recommend a good one?
Thank you, Wayne,
For XP there is none better (and believe me I know) than "2020", just google 2020 screen capture. 
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Why not consider IrfanView ( http://www.irfanview.com/ ). It really is great free Window's program. Besides using it for screen capture, I also use it to rename batches of files and to make slide shows/screen savers of family photos.
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Thank you all. I finally got the 'PntScn' to work.
A lot of good programs out there. It seems Cnet reviews are a mess. I have to go by my own usage of a program.
For now 'PntScn' is good enough for what I need.
I can't believe I didn't know "hold ctrl and hit PrtSrn" after all these years. Thanks Rharv!
Thank you all for your help.
I really appreciate it, Wayne,
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I used PrtScr. It's free and you can draw a box or whatever you want to save.
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I still can't believe I never knew. (duh)
Wayne,
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I used PrtScr. .......you can draw a box or whatever you want to save.
How do you do that with Ctrl PrtScr? 
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When you hit 'PntScn' (I hold ctrl as an old habit when hitting it) Windows copies a picture of your screen to the clipboard. It has done this with all recent versions of windows.
Then you have to paste it somewhere.
You can open Paint (or any graphics program), create a new blank document and paste it in. Works with Paint, Photoshop, Photofiltre, every one I've ever tried.
Tip- make the blank document larger than your screen so it all pastes, then crop what you want. Example - if screen res is 1024 X 768 make the document 1200 X 800 ...
once the whole screen is an image, you can crop what you want
..from earlier in the thread
maybe you jumped it when you posted right after it (?)
Last edited by rharv; 01/20/11 03:08 PM.
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!
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Thanks for a timely post on print screen. I too have had no success in using window vista to get a print screen. I have tried using both "ctl" buttons, both "shift" buttons, "alt" button all in conjunction with the "prt sc" button to no avail. I have also tried just the "prt sc" button. While trying these commands I also tried pasting them to a word document and a paint document again to no avail. I have tried doing this off and on for over a year when the mood strikes me and have given up. I just know I have to be doing something easily and obviously wrong but am darned if I know. I am running window$ vi$ta on a hp lap top. I have no difficulty in obtaining and using a printscreen software, but my stubborn and inquisitive nature nags for a resolution to the original problem. DennisD
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Me again, well I finally figured out how to get a "prt sc" on my hp laptop. For other users having the same problem look for an extra keyboard key that has "fn" inside a square. If you have one or one similiar, Press "fn" and "prt sc" at the same time and you will get a screen shot that you can paste into word and paint. From there you can crop and edit. I just did both. What I still can't do is copy the screen shot from word or paint and paste it into this forum page. I've tried pasting both paint and word directly from a screen shot as well with no success. Rharv do you have any further hints/suggestions. Thanks. DennisD
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You have to post the picture at an internet server and link to it. Google docs would probably work, or photobucket or flickr or something like that.
Post pic at that site, then copy the link from there and paste into a post here.
PGMusic does not host user images.
Thanks for updating us with the PrtSc solution.
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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For Windows XP and lower you may find this useful, MWSnap3 It is a small program enabling the taking of a screen shot or any part of the screen. Oh and it is freeware. http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.htmlFor Windows Vista and Windows 7 there is already a screen capture program installed as part of Windows, it is called "Snipping tool" and can be found in the accessories.
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Sorry for my short prior post. Prtscr is a program that you can download for free (find it via Google). I have it on the task bar. I click the mouse on it to make it active. The screen capture is using the PrtSc button on the keyboard. A little help screen pops up then and you can use the cntl button plus the mouse to draw a rectangle around what you want to keep. you can enter a file name and send it to the desktop. For me it has been very handy to copy things that I might want to refer to later. You can edit what you save in a graphics pgm such as Paint, but I haven't had the need to. FWIW
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It's not free, but my favorite screen capture program is Snagit from TechSmith (the same people that make Camtasia). I like that I can annotate the screen capture before saving to file.
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