Screenshots-Screen shots
are useful in many ways. For example, if you receive an error message, you can take a screen shot and send your support person an exact replica of the error window, which makes communicating about the error simple. You can also use a screen shot to show someone a Web page without sending them a link. Microsoft uses screen shots to demonstrate how to do tasks within Windows. If you’re helping someone with a computer task or problem, and you can’t be right there with that person, you can use screen shots to illustrate your points through e-mail, instant messaging, or Microsoft Word.

Note: The only times you can’t take a screen shot are before

you log on to your computer and when you are playing a

video in Microsoft Windows Media Player.
To take a screen shot and save it as a picture

1.
Click the window you want to capture. Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN

by holding down the ALT key and then pressing the

PRINT SCREEN key. The PRINT SCREEN key is near

the upper right corner of your keyboard. (Depending on

the type of keyboard you have, the exact

key names on your keyboard may vary slightly.)
Note: You can take a screen shot of your entire desktop

rather than just a single window by pressing the PRINT

SCREEN key without holding down the ALT key.
2.
Click Start, click Accessories, and then click Paint.

Examples of screenshots: