The Snipping Tool in Vista.

[anandk]

situated in c\windows\system32\ is vista's 'SnippingTool.exe'. another useful in-built utility in vista to capture screen-shots. its shortcut can be found in the start menu>all programs >accessories.

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it can take full-screen, particular window, any rectangle or free-form "snips" of ur screen & open it in an editor. here u can highlight parts of the screenshot and draw on it with a free form pen of different colors, thickness and tip styles. it is pretty easy to configure it as u wish to.

its appears 2 b a huge improvement over XP's built-in screenshot capability but yet still lacks some useful options like image resizing or timecapturing.

addl info here and a detailed how-to-config here at bleepingcomputer

 

[iMav]

yeah its a very handy tool

 

[casanova]

Great share anandk. Thanks

 

[EagerBeaver]

Thanks 4 da information. But when will I get a vista Can anyone help me

 

[shantanu]

you can get Windows Vista , When you want to buy it

its availablke in market.. well i suppose in DELHI AND MUMBAI atleast.... and yes in bangalore too

 

[aryayush]

Finally...

Thankfully, they at least used a somewhat different icon!

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[gxsaurav]

Finally...

Thankfully, they at least used a somewhat different icon!

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Once a macboy, always a macboy

 

[iMav]

i wonder what did printscreen do .... and i think it has been thr since windows' advent

 

[aryayush]

No, it hasn't.

Print Screen takes a picture of the whole screen and copies it to the clipboard. Period. That is the only thing it does.

I am guessing you can capture screenshots of individual windows and selective areas on the screen with this new tool in Vista. And hopefully, you won't have to go through a completely warped process of copying the image onto an image editing program and then save it. I haven't used this tool though, so I have no idea how powerful it is.

 

[iMav]

the point is .... snip just makes printscreen a little more easier to use

 

[aryayush]

Not just a little more, far more.

 

[Faun]

printscreen in VISTA is capable of taking video screenshots !

 

[gxsaurav]

Printscreen - Takes screenshot of whole screen

Alt + Printscreen = Screenshot of just the active window.

Been there since ages. All screesnshot apps do the same thing.

Snag-it kicks the ass of all such tools though

 

[techtronic]

Printscreen - Takes screenshot of whole screen

Alt + Printscreen = Screenshot of just the active window.

Been there since ages. All screesnshot apps do the same thing.

Snag-it kicks the ass of all such tools though

Completely agreed
Snag It rocks man. What a tool !