Looking for good free portable screen capture program

[bobo@.not]

Can anyone suggest a good free portable screen capture
program that can be carried and run independantly with
a thumb drive?

Thanks!
bo

[- Bobb -]

printkey.exe - by Alfred Bollinger .
I have had it on every one of my PC's since Win95.
It's small - works GREAT !
I put it in my startup and runs in systray.

In OPTIONS, you can define :
which key to use,
capture 'window' or 'desktop',
color or B&W
save as - choose any filetype,
etc

I can't find original website, but see it here:
http://tsrsoftware.com/printkey.htm
or
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

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[Jeff Strickland]

Can't you just press ALT+PrtScrn and save the result as a JPG?

You do know that ALT+PrtScrn records the current active window/dialog box,
right? PrtScrn records the entire screen, but ALT+PrtScrn just records the
dialog box that is open.

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[geoff]

On winblows, one can do alt or ctrl prtscrn and paste it into MS Paint then
save it as a bmp.

Something else would have to be used to convert it to jpg, AFAIK.

--g

[Jeff Strickland]

"geoff" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On winblows, one can do alt or ctrl prtscrn and paste it into MS Paint
> then save it as a bmp.
>
> Something else would have to be used to convert it to jpg, AFAIK.
>

You can ALT+PRTSCRN and paste the results into Windows Photo Editor which
saves to a JPG by default. I'm sure one could do the same with a photo
editor such as IrfanView.

Grabbing the screen shot is the easy part, processing it through your
favorite photo editor is the hard part, and that's easy. IrfanView is free,
MSoft Photo Editor is a fee program that comes with Office.

[VanguardLH]

bobo@.not wrote:

Okay, this one for yucks: Use a digital camera. Don't have to even
connect it to the computer to snapshot its monitor output. Don't have
to install software. Don't have to get stuck on a system that doesn't
let you run unauthorized processes (i.e., they whitelist the allowed
processes and all others are blocked). Don't have to do something
you're not supposed to on a kiosk host. Don't even need a login to the
host whose monitor you are snapshotting. About as independent as you
can get.

[Fishface]

Not free, but it has 30 day free functional trial. Does menus.
http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

[Juarez]

<bobo@.not> wrote in message
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Never used this but I think it is what you are looking for.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/lightscreen_portable

[~BD~]

Hi VanguardLH :)

I have a not-so-young neighbour who does exactly that! It works!
--
Dave

[- Bobb -]

Also with this app, very useful : crosshairs as part of capture
Just drag mouse - create box - save just that part of screen ( usually how I
use it)

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[Fishface]

> Not free, but it has 30 day free functional trial. Does menus.
> http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

Oh. Perhaps not so portable...

[Fitz]

Screenhunter:

http://www.wisdom-soft.com/sh/sh_free.htm

Small, works great.

Fitz

--
Your body is a temple boy,
You ought to treat it well
But you trash the place and rent it out
Like it's some cheap motel - The Badlees

[sandy58]

Hi VanguardLH :) I do it still when messing with bios etc. Can't
always remember what I have changed etc. It also works ...:-)

[gnu / linux]

hey Sandy what captures BIOS screens (windows or linux ?)

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

Shouldn't you ask in alt.comp.freeware?

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[sandy58]

<grin> A digital camera....in my case a Sony Cybershot. :-) Works on
either.

[dh]

I downloaded it, and it looks great with a folder
and an exe icon and all that, but when I click on it
it doesn't do a thing.

[dh]

I use an unregistered version of LView Pro 1.D2/32. It
works well on two computers, but when I try to carry it
around it doesn't work as well. I will get a message
that it can't find something it needs. Is there a way to
find out all of the files associated with that program so
I can make sure they are all available and in one folder
or zip file carried on a thumb drive?

[- Bobb -]

when you run it , it puts icon in systray.
You can then either double click that icon or hit your "key"
- define your PRINT KEY
When you want to print, you hit that key and a snapshot of the window
appears in the app.
click the floppy icon to save as a file.
use the crosshairs to NOT save the entire screen/window ( you define screen
or window in OPTIONS)

I have printkey.exe in my startup so icon always in systray.
I use "Print Screen" key on my keyboard to 'activate it'

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[Fishface]

dh wrote:
> I use an unregistered version of LView Pro 1.D2/32. It
> works well on two computers, but when I try to carry it
> around it doesn't work as well. I will get a message
> that it can't find something it needs. Is there a way to
> find out all of the files associated with that program so
> I can make sure they are all available and in one folder
> or zip file carried on a thumb drive?

Maybe this?
http://www.dependencywalker.com/