The Print Screen key or 'Prt Sc' has been on keyboards since the dawn of desktop computing, where back in the 1980s, it would send stuff on your screen over to a physical printer to print it out while ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen ...

Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the "Print Screen" key In an upcoming update, the Print Screen key will be changed to launch the Snipping Tool instead. Luckily, Microsoft will allow ...

A new Windows 11 update is available in the Beta channel. If you install this update or a newer one, it will change the function of your Print Screen key. The new default function will now open the ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A hot potato: Windows users don't like it when Microsoft changes long-used and familiar functions in ...

The 'Print screen" button has a place on almost every keyboard in the world. But how useful is it on Windows? Not very—an image of your entire screen is rarely the best way to save something in the ...

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen in Windows using the Print key; the key combination Alt+Print captures an image of the currently open window. However, you can also set the Print key to ...

Sometimes you want to print exactly what you’re currently seeing on your screen, whether it’s a weird pop-up, a chat with tech support, or something else. Fortunately, there are tools built into ...

Restarting your PC and printer can fix temporary glitches. When you use your computer, temporary files and cache build up. These files can sometimes become corrupted or interfere with printing. We ...