Screen Capture

On the standard OS Windows, pressing the "Print Screen" key will copy an image of the entire screen to the clipboard, holding the "Alt" key and pressing the "Print Screen" key will capture the currently selected window. OS Vista and Windows 7 come with a screen capture utility pre-installed. Other operating systems may also offer a similar utility for screen capture.

As an alternative to the utilities that come with the OS, the freeware products in this review cover most of the following useful features and functions which users may find they need.

- Capture full screen or freely selected screen areas.
- Auto detect windows and control objects such as button, box, toolbar, tab, etc.
- Snap scrolling windows, allow delayed captures.
- Re-size screen shots or create thumbnails and other extra features.

IrfanView is a compact freeware image viewer that can view, edit, and convert image files.

FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and user friendly freeware screen-capture utility.

FastStone Image Viewer is graphic viewer, convertor, and editor with huge kit of tools.

PicPick is a powerful and user friendly screen capture tool with a plethora of features.

DuckCapture allows you to capture a window or region on your screen, or the contents of a web page that scrolls.

EasyCapture is a easy-to-use free screen capture software that can capture any part of screen from your desktop.

Screenshot Captor is designed for grabbing lots of screenshots with minimal intervention.

Clip2Net allows you to select a desktop area and it will be uploaded to the Internet.