How to take a screenshot on a PC or laptop with Windows
Introduction
Taking a screenshot is an easy way to share the contents of your screen with others. It's also a useful tool when troubleshooting Windows, as it lets you capture any error message or dialog box that appears before you can click "OK." And if you want to take a screenshot on your PC or laptop, there are two ways to go about it: You can press PrtScn (or Print Screen) and then paste the resulting image into an email for example; or, if you have a tool like Snipping Tool installed on your computer, simply hit Alt+PrtScn twice to capture everything in front of your cursor as a clip (see above). But if this sounds too complicated for you now—or even if it doesn't sound like something that will help much—we've got something else: A simple keyboard shortcut that works with most Windows PCs and laptops! Here's how:
Press the PrtScn button.
Press the PrtScn button.
Your computer has a Print Screen key, which you can press to take a screen capture. To do this, press and hold down your keyboard's Print Screen key (on most keyboards it's marked with a camera icon). If you don't know where that is, then look for any key labeled "PrtScr" or something similar; this will usually be located near your right pinkie finger when typing on a standard PC keyboard with no modifier keys in place—but it might not be present if you're using an older version of Windows or some other operating system (like Mac OS X).
Use the Windows + Shift + S keyboard shortcut.
The key to taking a screenshot on any PC or laptop is the Windows + Shift + S keyboard shortcut. This will capture your entire display and save it as a file in Pictures. You should see the screen flash white, then you'll see an image of what you were looking at when pressing this combination of keys.
You can also use this technique if you don't want to take a screenshot by mistake—just press Win+Shift+S while holding down your mouse button (or trackpad). You'll get another chance later to take another one if necessary!
If there are multiple windows open when you take this shot, only one will be saved in Pictures; all others will be closed out before anything is saved on disk. If there's no other active window open at all (like if nothing is displayed) then nothing happens at all: no flashing or saving process occurs whatsoever – just like starting up again from scratch each time after closing down an application manually via task manager/cancel button etc...
Find your screenshots.
Open the Start menu or Start screen and select "All apps."
Click on File Explorer (Windows 10) or folder view (Windows 7/8).
In the left pane of your window, locate this directory: C:\Users\YourUserName\Pictures\Screenshots
You can use a keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot, or you can use a tool to capture just a portion of the screen.
To take a screenshot on Windows, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + PrtScn. This will also work in other operating systems like macOS and Linux. However, if you want to capture just part of your screen and not the whole thing, there are some tools available that let you do that as well. The tool is called Snipping Tool in Windows 10 and 8/7 (or Snipping Tool for Macs). It can be accessed by going into Accessories > Windows Accessories tab > Snipping Tools menu option located at far right side of window toolbar; this should start up whatever version of Microsoft Office is installed on your computer.
If using either method above does not work then try searching online for more information about how exactly one should go about taking screenshot on their device without having any issues whatsoever with doing so!
Conclusion
We hope this article helped you find the best way to take screenshots on your computer. Remember, there are many options out there, and it’s up to you which one works best for your needs. The final step is to decide how much information will be kept private or shared with others, so that everyone knows about it before doing anything else with their device!
