Screen Grabbing in Windows 8

[stoofa]

With Windows 7 I could do the following:

Press "PrtScn"
Go to MS Paint, click Paste.
A screen grab of my entire desktop would appear in Paint where I could crop it etc.

With Windows 8 I do the following:

Press "PrtScn"
Go to MS Paint, click Paste.
Nothing. No dump of my screen, no anything happens.

How can I take a screen dump under Windows 8 so I get the same functionality as detailed above?

Ta

 

[james.miller]

hmm. works for me :/

 

[superplay]

Why not use the snipping tool?

 

[stoofa]

hmm. works for me :/

It works for you? Hummmm
I've now tried this on both my work and home machines (Both running 8 Pro) and the same thing happens - clicking "Paste" in Paint doesn't paste anything.
OK, I need to investigate further here.

 

[Witcher1979]

Why not use the snipping tool?

Yeah it is what I use as well, just select the entire screen with the box.

 

[NathanE]

Fine here. You must have some software installed that is hooking or overriding that system key, somehow.

 

[demonix]

Windows key + Print Screen

That does everything without having to use paint (when you do it the first time, a folder called screenshots will be created in the pictures folder).

 

[Confused]

That's useful, demonix, especially for a full-screen print.

Shame Win + Alt + Print Screen doesn't save just the current window as a PNG.

 

[Cosimo]

Works fine here. Have you got it working now?

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Why not use the snipping tool?

^^ its what I do

 

[oneilldo]

office and onenote with windows key +s

 

[BloodyL]

Why not use the snipping tool?

Yeah it is what I use as well, just select the entire screen with the box.

^^ its what I do

Be sure to clean out the EXIF data before passing on the snipped image.

http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Snipping+Leaks/14605

 

[V F]

A better challenge? how does one take a screenshot of the locked screen.