How to Take a Screenshot on Windows

How to Take a Screenshot on Windows

Use this when: You want to capture what you are seeing — usually to attach to a ticket, which is the single most helpful thing you can do for us.

Steps

Do this

What should happen

1. Press Windows key + Shift + S.

The screen dims and a small toolbar appears at the top.

2. Choose rectangle, window, or full-screen, then drag or click.

The capture goes to the clipboard, and a preview appears bottom-right.

3. Click that preview to open Snipping Tool if you want to crop or annotate.

You can mark up the error and save it.

4. Paste straight into the ticket, an email, or a chat with Ctrl+V.

No need to save a file first.

5. Before attaching, check the shot for anything confidential — client data, other people’s information, open messages.

Crop it out first.

If that did not work

Windows+Shift+S does nothing. Press PrtScn instead (it copies the whole screen), or open Snipping Tool from Start.

You need to capture a menu that closes when you press keys. Open Snipping Tool and use its delay timer.

The capture saved somewhere you cannot find. Screenshots taken with PrtScn go to the clipboard; those from Snipping Tool save where you choose. Check the Pictures > Screenshots folder.

Log a ticket

LOW — Standard — No ticket needed — this is self-service. Just include the screenshot in whichever ticket you are logging.


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