Print screen is ancient, use Snipping tool in Windows 7 and Vista

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Many of us often take screenshots of our screen for posts, presentations and other things. We do this by hitting the Prt Scr  that is the Print Screen button on our keyboard. Sometimes we need the screenshot of a particular area of screen but Print screen takes the snap of the whole screen. Now there’s an inbuilt windows solution for this problem.

 

If you are on Windows 7 and Windows Vista then you can use a great tool which the Microsoft People have included in these windows. It’s called the Snipping Tool. With its help you can quickly take screenshot of any area of the screen. Here’s a small demonstration of using Snipping tool in Windows 7:

 

 

1.Go to start Menu and click the Snipping Tool. If its not in the menu, then Search for it using the search tool.

 

2. When it opens, the screen becomes whitish and you can only see the snipping tool window clearly. Your arrow will also transform into a plus sign for selecting screen area.

 

3. Then select the area of your screen by holding the click and moving your mouse. When leave the click the area will be cropped and program window will open.

 

4.Now you can save the screen shot by clicking the save snip button or you can use other tools like Pen, Highlighter and eraser to edit your shot. In case you take the screen shot of text document then Highlighter can be of great use to you, it highlights the screen just like a highlight marker.

 

5. After you are done editing, just save your shot into of the formats like jpeg, png, gif and HTML MHT.

 

So no more taking screen shots with Print Screen button and then editing in Paint or any other software. Just use Snipping Tool and start saving you screenshots easily.

 

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How to get Windows Movie Maker in Windows 7

Friday, December 18, 2009

Do you know that Windows 7 has no Windows Movie Maker ? The great application which was coming preinstalled as a part of the Windows since the XP. But Microsoft has removed it from their latest Windows 7 by making it a part of Windows Live Essentials.

 

To install it you will have to download the Windows Live setup tool from Microsoft Website. Just select Windows Movie Maker from the available software and then it will be installed. The installation time will depend upon your Internet connection speed because the software is installed online. Microsoft does not provide the setup file for their Live Essential tools at present. So an internet connection is must to install these tools.

 

This version of Windows Movie Maker has a good looking interface, although using it for first time will definitely make you miss the older version.

 

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How to run old Dos Games and programs on Windows 7 and Vista

Sunday, December 13, 2009

With arrival of new operating systems we have witnessed how the computing has become easy as they are so user-friendly. But with so advantages these operating systems has given rise to compatibility issues with old Programs. My this post will help you run old games and some programs over your new Windows 7 and Vista.

 

There’s a program called DosBox which helps you to run old Dos Games and Programs very easily over your new OS.

 

So What is DosBox?

 

DosBox is virtualization software which is capable of running the old DOS programs and games. It emulates Dos which was installed on Windows 98 & 95 which helps in running old Dos applications.

 

Here’s a Small Guide on How to Run Old Dos Games in DosBox.

For this I am going to Tell You How to Run DAVE one of the most popular Dos Games on a Windows 7 or Vista PC:

 

• You can Download DosBox from www.dosbox.com for Free!. Latest Version available right now is 0.73.

 

• Now Install DosBox on your PC.

 

• Now here’s the main step. To Run Dave you will have to create Folder in your drive where windows is Installed or any other drive where you want. For instance we are going to do this in C:\> drive.

 

• Go to C:\ drive and create a new folder named Dos and copy the Dave game Folder into it.

 

• After installation Open Dosbox.exe from Desktop or from the installed directory.

 

• You will see a Dos screen with Z:\> as your local drive.

 

 

• Now write ‘mount c c:\Dos’ and you will see a message saying Drive C is mounted as local directory. It means that your ‘C:\>Dos’ is your local directory.

 

• Now write ‘C:’ and press enter. You will enter into C drive.

 

• Write ‘C:\>cd Dave’ which will take you into C:\>Dave\ .

 

• Now Run Dave.exe by typing ‘dave.exe’ or ‘dave’ and pressing enter.

 

 

• Play and Enjoy the classic Dave on your advanced Windows 7.

 

 

 

This guide applies to all the old Dos Games and applications also. So if you are missing classic old Dos games on your PC then get the DosBox now.

 

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