Desktop, screen, and video capture made easy

Reader Gary Smith is struggling with screen- and video-capture issues.

• "There are more and more screen-grabbers and video-grabbers, and it's getting bewildering trying to know which to use or whether they conflict with each other or with other apps being used.

  "I've looked around but don't see this area addressed. Please advise."

When you want to grab an image off your screen, Windows' own built-in image-capture tools will do the trick nicely most of the time.

And when the simplest methods don't work, there's extra help readily available — no matter what you're trying to capture...

That's the start of the lead item in my Q&A column for Windows secrets this week, which goes on to describe the major approaches and tools for screen capture.

Other topics this week:

• Microsoft pushing IE for MSE 2.0 updates
• Ditch paid-for antivirus for MSE 2?
• Lost passwords and moving a system image

Full issue contents:

Free content posted on Jan. 27, 2011:

TOP STORY By Woody Leonhard Seven simple steps for setting up Windows 7 Get rid of the pre-installed junk software Free does not always mean useless Change Windows settings for safety Needed or not, set up a Windows homegroup Get automatic daily backups working Install the basic helper applications Add useful but unobtrusive utilities LOUNGE LIFE By Tracey Capen An especially busy week for computing oddities WACKY WEB WEEK By Revia Romberg Why cats are not good at nursery rhymes

 
Paid content:

LANGALIST PLUS By Fred Langa Desktop, screen, and video capture made easy Capturing desktops, screens, and video frames Microsoft pushing IE for MSE 2.0 updates Ditch paid-for antivirus for MSE 2? Lost passwords and moving a system image

BEST SOFTWARE By Lincoln Spector Get creative with simple, free music editors Free music editors have their limitations The Audacity of free, yet powerful music editing Wavosaur: A compact and relatively simple solution Mp3nity: Enter metadata with few hassles

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Getting your system ready for Windows 7 SP1 Win7's first major update should arrive soon Windows Live Messenger 2009 mandatory update Two strikes, and you're out — for Outlook patch Windows 7 update causes Blue Screen of Death Oracle releases its January patch bundle SQL Server databases get Service Pack 4 Google offers bounties for found bugs Looking for more info on the Opera browser

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