How to take a screenshot in Windows

Occasionally, you would have to take a screenshot of your computer for us to look into the issue that you're having.

To take a screenshot on your Windows machine, please refer to the steps below:

Windows 8/8.1:

1) To take a full screen shot of your display, press the Windows Key + Print Screen button.

2) The screenshot should now be in your Pictures / Screenshots folder.

To take just the screenshot of the selected window / folder

1) Press Alt + Print Screen button. This will save the current screenshot into the clipboard to be pasted later.

2) Press Windows + Q and search for Paint.

3) Press on Control + V and your screenshot will be pasted into Microsoft Paint and you can save the image to anywhere you desire.

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Windows 7 or XP:

1) Press the Control Key + Print Screen button on your keyboard for a full screen shot of your display. Alternatively, you can use Alt + Print Screen button to take just the screenshot of the selected window / folder.

2) Windows XP - open Microsoft Paint by going to Start -> Run -> type in mspaint and then click on OK.

Windows 7 - open Microsoft Paint by going to Start and then type in mspaint in the search bar and then press on Enter.

3) Press the Control + V in Microsoft Paint and your screenshot will be pasted.

4) Save the image to anywhere you desire.