To take a full screen shot/capture (image of any computer screen or webpage) in win XP, you have to follow the following steps:
Step 1: Make the screen or webpage Active (of which you want to take screen shot of).And press F11 key on your keyboard. F11 key is a function key, which makes any screen full screen.
Step 2: Press the "Prnt Scrn" button on keyboard
Step 3: Press F11 once again, to exit the Full screen
Step 4: Going to MS paint (click Start> All Programs> Accessories> Paint)
Step 5: Click inside the white part of the paint screen.
Step 6: Go to the Edit menu and click Paste (Ctrl +v)
Step 7: Make any modifications to the pic. When satisfied, Click File> Save. Save it as PNG or JPG or any other format you like.
You captured the full screen of your choice successfully.
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