How Do I Take A Screen Shot And Then Post It?

[Dratj 0]

tried print screen keythen paste into Paint program but doesnt' work. dont' know whylooked it up on google, followed the steps but still a problem. help please.

[wsox8 10]

Did you hit the function key, fn then print screen?

[qyayqi 11]

1.a] if you want the whole desktop, press the PRINT SCREEN key.1.b] if you want just the window of a specific program, use ALT+PRINT SCREEN2. open PAINT.3. press CTRL+v to paste.4. if you want just a portion of the picture, click & drag a box around the area, then in the Image menu select Crop.5. save the results as whatever, in a place you can find it.6. open your browser.** i suggest creating a photobucket account, www.photobucket.com7. log in to photobucket, upload the picture.8. once it uploads, photobucket will give you 4 different link types. copy the one that has [/img] tags around it-- you can paste this directly into a forum message.

[Dirtydutch 8]

tried print screen keythen paste into Paint program but doesnt' work. dont' know whylooked it up on google, followed the steps but still a problem. help please.

Are you trying to take a screen shot of a video or what? A lot of times you'll get a black screen if you try to cap from WMP. If this is what's happening, go to Tools>Options>Performance, and then slide the "Graphics Acceleration" bar all the way to "none" and it should work.

[Canuckickstan 2]

With Vista it is called the snipping tool. Really, they called it that. It's in the accessories folder.

[Dratj 0]

Did you hit the function key, fn then print screen?

this could be the problem. I'll look for the fn key when I get home. Not all computers have this? at work, it works if I just press the printscrn button but not at home.