how do you take a picture of your desktop?

MrMxyztplk · #1 10-14-2006, 03:34 PM

How do you take a picture of your desktop?

Nepa · #2 10-14-2006, 04:10 PM

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How do you take a picture of your desktop?

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You can either use a camera or use the print screen key.

Hit Printscreen
>Then open wordpad by going to start>run>Type wordpad
>After wordpad opens go to edit>Paste

CORed · #3 10-15-2006, 04:13 PM

If your screen is a CRT, and you use a camera, you need to use a slow shutter speed (1/30 sec. or slower) or you will only get part of the screen.

SamIAm · #4 10-15-2006, 10:35 PM

Camera's seem pretty silly. I'd take a screen capture with the PrntScrn button, and then paste it into MSPaint.
-Sam