Win+Shift+S?
PrintScreen key?
*bzzt* You just lost 95% of the users, just like that.
What is everyone pushing to their users to use for screenshots? I am looking for something free but sometimes I can control with ADMX or Reg
Win+Shift+S?
PrintScreen key?
*bzzt* You just lost 95% of the users, just like that.
Snipping tool or greenshot. If the users yell, they might get snagit, but that has a license cost.
Greenshot is unsupported, so we no longer use it. https://www.reddit.com/r/ToxicWorkplace/s/O6GoqGoPhg Comment section there explains more.
Yeah, windows snipping tool has come a long way.. almost feature parity with Greenshot. Snagit does do a great job at what it does (scrolling, capturing areas easily) but I only use it because we have spare seats. If/when we can pry it away from the engineers paws, I’ll give it up in a heartbeat.
The only tool I've used beside the built in application in Windows is Greenshot.
\+1 for Greenshot. Easy to use and has all the nice extras for creating documentation walkthroughs.
Unfortunately unsupported....
Built in windows.
For Windows I use ShareX. It’s super functional and free.
Super functional, customizable, compatible, scriptable. Free. Even if it's a little too power user for some, a simple workflow can be created without too much work.
Windows’ built-in Snipping Tool is great! (It can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Store if it’s been removed.) Besides all the regular screenshot features (it can also record video), you can mark up the screenshot (add text or shapes), and you can even extract text!
And if they need something more powerful, then we’ll go with ShareX.
Snipping tool has came a long way, but I still like Greenshot more and roll it out to most users
Can you control the app like what it can / can’t do?
A very heavily configured sharex for our internal use and for end users we default unless they need advanced features
Why download something different when snipping tool works just fine? Win+shift+s or just hit [prt sc] button? Do things like greenshot give more capabilities?
Yes
Greenshot? Not sure about the ADMX part, though
I actually always push to NOT use screenshotting but pasting the commands and the errors. (granted, it's linux)
SnagIT
I’m a snag it fan. The editor is just too friendly. I’ve used it for I don’t even know how many years. GreenShot is a popular alternative but I dont quite like it as much.
We use snag-it as well. We deploy it using Intune. Great software in my opinion.
Greenshot
I like greenshot.
Snipping tool. But I would never trust or expect our users to proactively include any kind of relevant screenshot. Our helpdesk doesn’t even do that. Unfortunately the way we’re setup almost every ticket requires a third line analyst to get directly involved and start the entire troubleshooting process from scratch.
We used to deploy Greenshot to our users. It worked well overall, but there were a couple of drawbacks from an administration perspective:
These days we don't deploy a third-party screenshot tool anymore. For most users, the built-in Windows shortcuts (Print Screen, Alt+Print Screen, or Win+Shift+S) are more than sufficient.
If someone needs more functionality, we simply point them to the built-in Snipping Tool, which has improved significantly over the years and covers the vast majority of use cases without requiring additional software.
What extra functionality do you need that Snipping tool doesn't provide?
Win+PrintScreen is pretty simple. If your users are more proficient, the snipping tool. At least Microsoft improved in the screenshot department. Previously is as PrintScreen and then open Paint, paste there and save.
Outlook can capture screen shots to automatically send to users. Snipping tool is great for videos as well as pictures.
May I ask what you would need to control specifically? I'm not sure I see the usecase
greenshot
Snagit
I love SnagIt! Snipping Tool is fine for occasional screen caps, but SnagIt is my goto if I'm doing a lot of screen caps for work instructions or documentation.
What’s wrong with the built in snipping tool? It does screenshots and even screen area recording too.
Windows snip even does OCR now. And copy text as table. Saves all snips automatically to pictures/screen shots. Never needed anything else. Also ask what they are snipping. Usually it's either a blatant copyright or license terms violation, or an API call for whatever they are manually extracting from some UI like monkeys.
Our users aren't smart enough to even know what a SS is
Greenshot. Why complicate things? :D
Snipping tool has ocr and a color picker now too, it's enough for most.
Greenshot Or do the Microsoft support way with power point screen capture video
Snipping tool. All it’s missing is auto-numbering and blurring, but black boxes in Paint saved as a flattened BMP are admittedly WAY harder for AI to decensor, anyway- some models are *really* good at reversing Gaussian blur.
Snipping Tool built into windows. Why do you need to control it for via registry changes?