as you can see from these pages, i use screen captures a lot. you can also use it to share your desktop picture or if you are unable to save a transcript on an instant message, a screen capture is a back up.

how to do it~ when the images you want to capture are on screen, just hit the print screen key on your keyboard.
this will place the image in the clipboard, next, open M$ paint, and select paste. then just save the image:)

now some versions of paint will only save as a .bmp file
if you need a different format, or don't mind a small download to help with captures, try irfan viewer.  there are dozens of screen capture programs. i prefer irfan for its versatility ~ it does more than one job, and does all of them well.   

ifran is great because you can edit colors or crop out compromising
information.... or information you do not want others to see.
(if you are doing software reviews or client reviews, you
can edit out names/passwords/ip etc. ) and you can set it to capture and just use the hotkey when needed . you will need to use a program like paint to add  things though

want to save feed of a webcam? CamStudio. capture desktop activity including webcams.

Hot Fix  : this works great if the image format you have isn't supported  by irfan.  open up the image in whatever program it will open in.. for example the cam program  then use irfan to capture it there. then save in irfan  in a gif or jpg format .... as shown below.  ~ thankies to starr for  this reminder 

select options, then capture, and select foreground window, or full screen,
or just the 'client' area...

click cntrl +f11 to capture.. then file/ save as to
tuck the capture away :)

want to see the video?  help video using irfan to do a screen capture

• see the video!!!