How do I make a screen capture in winXP?

[Johnbear007]

I need to capture the text in windows pop up messages. Like error messages and stuff but can't remember how.

 

[InlineFive]

Print Screen, more commonly found on keyboards as PrtScrn or such. The image is placed on the clipboard so you can paste it into your favorite image editing application.

 

[Johnbear007]

hmmm.. yes that works, but it seems to be very low res. Any way to make it capture hihger res images?

 

[Schadenfroh]

it is at the resolution that your screen is at when you hit the button

 

[Johnbear007]

Hmmm... I guess you are right, I orginally pasted it into word, and it must get auto resized, and then it looked crappy

Thanks guys! all figured out now.

 

[Schadenfroh]

try it with irfanview

 

[Psych]

Definitely a good download, but you could just use MSPaint for such a menial task.

 

[Zucarita9000]

If you press Alt+PrtScrn, you only capture the active window. So if you get an error popup, use Alt+PrtScrn and only capture that small dialog instead of the entire desktop.

 

[MetroRider]

Originally posted by: Zucarita9000
If you press Alt+PrtScrn, you only capture the active window. So if you get an error popup, use Alt+PrtScrn and only capture that small dialog instead of the entire desktop.

and if you do what Zucarita9000 mentioned, paste it into MSPaint, and change the color depth to 16 colors, and you will make some nice, small sized BMP files that will clearly display your pop-up messages.

have fun