Learn how to take screenshots on Windows using built-in options like the Snipping Tool, Print Screen shortcuts and the Xbox Game Bar.

Over the last few years Snipping tools have become a go-to solution for quick and easy screen capture when using desktop computers on either Windows or macOS. Whether it’s a snippet of an email, a ...

The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

The Windows Snipping Tool is a handy utility for capturing screenshots on your computer. It allows you to take snapshots of your entire screen, a specific window, or a user-defined area. Understanding ...

The 'Print screen" button has a place on almost every keyboard in the world. But how useful is it on Windows? Not very—an image of your entire screen is rarely the best way to save something in the ...

It’s always a good day when Windows’ default apps get updates. Brand-new versions of apps like Paint, Snipping Tool, and ...

Question: I have a dual display setup and pressing the print screen button grabs everything on both screens. Isn’t there an option for grabbing just what’s on one screen? Answer: Capturing something ...

The Snipping Tool is the default screen-capture application built into Windows. Most users use this application for capturing screenshots. If you, too, use it quite frequently, then it’s always ...

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard. Since Windows 95, ...

Microsoft is planning a change to the default function of the Print Screen button for Windows 11 users. Typically, pressing the button sends a snapshot of what's on your monitor to the clipboard. In ...

The screen-capture utility built into Vista--and available for XP--has a couple of useful tricks up its sleeve. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...