Worked fine for awhile till I got a message "Failed. Hook keyboard event". Re-installing did not work.

Personally I have used many of these screen shot utilities and to this day I believe that Screenphoto is the best. Unlike other screenshot tools this one has the ability to also capture the whole web page as an image and not just the area that you see or select. After using this you won't bother with anything else.

https://www.abelssoft.de/en/windows/Multimedia/Screenphoto

Windows 10 - fail - message "Failed : Hook Keyboard Event" Any ideas?

Would love to see a new StepShot promo here on GOTD.

You guys have a good night, Lurking mode off.

How would i improve it? I'd get it to install properly! Had NO trouble installing and activating on my HP desktop. But it apparently installed incorrectly on my Lenovo laptop, giving the error message: "Failed: Hook keyboard event" when i try to run it. It ACTIVATED okay (apparently), but won't run. The 4 file sizes are identical in both downloads, after unzipping. Ideas, anyone?

Analog:
Still there is a multifunctional program "MWSnap 3.0.0.74" (do not look, that to her many years).
Functions:
1) Fixed rectangle
2) Any size (any selected area)
3) Window / Menu (any part of the application, bars, buttons, for example Start)
4) There are tools:
4.1 Ruler
4.2 Increase
4.3 A dropper of color (where you can grab a few colors and then look at their codes).
4.4 What information panel (but who needs to know information about the various panels in the system, it is better to use the program "GetWindowText")
5) The section to edit. It is noteworthy that you can insert different types of pointers, it is very convenient for training programs.

AutoScreen - until you show why your software beats Windows built-in Snipping Tool I cannot imagine why anyone would add another ≈5½MB to their system even if with your gracious free offer. Like others have stated, I have SnippingTool pinned to my taskbar for daily use, which has all the features I could hope for (especially the built-in hi-lighting and multi-colored pen).

I use Screenshoter which is free, small (495kb) and lightweight.

http://www.inspire-soft.net/software/screenshoter

A quick google search for "free screen savers" gave 2,510,000 results in 0.55 seconds.

I'll stick with free green Greenshot thank you.

Selection feature is buggy. Crashes the program on my Windows 7 PC.

Also can't select a specific monitor and capture it, so basically all it can do is capture the whole desktop or a single window, which you can already do with keyboard shortcuts.
Uninstalled.

My fave go to is older standby http://www.ducklink.com/ ver 2.7 from 2011 but small, fast, basic options to capture any specific part of screen to clipboard or file, thru region, scrolling, etc. Fine Win 10 x64 Pro.

Many years ago, when WIN95 first came to be, I got a little program from pHROZEN cREW called "PrintKey" by Walter Bolliger of Neurensdorf, Suisse.(In those days we cared about who wrote what.) Sometime in 1999 he came out with PrintKey2000 which has followed me along from 32 bit to 64 bit and thru Win98, W2K (shudder), XP, Win7, and now W10P... hasn't put a hoof wrong yet.

The current ofering is just fine but, as so many others have said (in effect) "If it ain't broke..."

I find so many of the recent (last year) offerings have been obvious re-hashes of existing technologies slapped together by a tyro programmer or program staff just to be able to say, "Looka ME! I can do this TOO! I are a Rocket Syeintist!!"

Hey, nice one, little guys! Now go tackle something tough that hasn't been already solved.

Don't get me wrong... GAOTD is doin' a fine job and once in a while "there really IS a pony in there"... Ya gotta keep lookin' to find the reins.

Downloaded with no problems on win 10 home edition. After shutting program down, and running the reg section, it still shown unregestered version, yes I followed instructions. I think it is a good screen print software I havnt had much time to test it. If I may say there is a early version of Faststone that is the best I have used. The version is Faststone 5.3 It is free. The newer versions are not free. I setup a folder and save the screen shots to that folder. I find it to be superior to most as you dont have to rename the shots, with many of the screen capture you have to rename each shot or it will replace the prev. With many versions of win 10 you cant save to Desktop.Simply create a folder and name it save to Problem solved. With Faststone 5.3 there are all the bells and whistles one could normally need.
I have found it works on any version of windows, and Ubuntu also.

This software is probably good and is given free in GOTD for 1 day.
This has a feature of automatic screenshots per user determined time interval.
However, as many people have pointed out, there are many freeware alternatives which may not be as feature rich, but which does the job.
Too many free alternatives to comprehensively name all.
Some of the freeware are even portable.
Currently I am using a portable freeware for screenshots.
Will we be ditching our preferred screen shot software for this?
I think NO.

Read comment #19. That's all you need to know.

And thanks Ootje for the Winkey+PrtScr tip. I didn't know about that one.

Any program that has not been updated in seven (7) years I would consider questionable.

I use FastStone Capture Pro. All you need.

I make everyday screenshots. Many in a row. And edit them direct is not possible.
A few weeks ago I read something, which is build in Win8.1 and Win10.(win7 I did not test).
PrtScrn: normal, the whole screen.
Alt PrtScr just the active windows.
New for me: Win-key+PrtScr: an image is written to the HD in Pictures/screenshots, all with an unique filename.
And after all the screenshot's can be edited.

thanks. very good software

Been using Chrome extension FireShot
Free and works pretty well

full screen - PrtSc and then paste in whatever program you need
active window - Alt + PrtSc and then paste in whatever program you need
Been using these keys on the keyboard since1990
Hope this helps if don't want extras

Try a lot better free and open source alternative ShareX
https://getsharex.com/

How is this any different than the SNIP-IT tool that comes with Win7 and 10?

What I did was close the program. Then clicked on the^ (show more programs bottom right) Right click on the Auto Screenshot icon and exit. Then run Activate.

For those who are having problems activating the program do the following:

1. Install the software using setup.exe but DO NOT run it.

2. Run activate.exe as an administrator.

3. If it does not activate check Task Manager to make sure Auto Screenshot Maker is not running in the background. (If it is running, close it using "End task" then run activate.exe as an administrator.)

You should now find that the program is activated.

IrfanView (freeware !) - almost the same features - https://hostmat.eu/images/31602000818111605277.jpg

I've been using PicPick for years. It dose everything today's give away does and more. There is a free version is for personal use.

http://ngwin.com/picpick/download

The name says it all, the program can automagically take screenshots for you.

Possible scenarios they hinted themselves are website, user manual, or presentation. Tutorials in general could go as far as a simple way to create a game guide with screenshots.

There are two capture modes, Single and Auto.

In single, you can capture the entire screen, active window or a selection.
In Auto, entire screen and active window.

Captures can go to clipboard, to file (BMP, JPEG, PNG) and MS Word (DOC).

You can also add a watermark.

In my small test i made a "tutorial" on how to download, unpack and install todays giveaway, it did as i told, the only thing i wish this program could do is edit images directly, adding annotations, text, cropping, cutting, merging, you know, all the basic stuff and maybe hinting when a capture was made using a sound, so you don't have to count on your own and can concentrate on important stuff happening on the screen instead.

It's a simple screenshot program, not hard to work with.

Some free alternatives with Steps Recorder, Imago Recorder, LICEcap, X Steps Recorder (Linux).

On windows 10, there is already a "snipping tool" program, pre-installed. Of course, there are freewares, that can do the same thing. How is this different, how does it stand out from the crowd?

Same problem for me. I made sure the program was not running when I clicked on the activate link, but upon opening the program again, at the top it says not registered

What are we supposed to be doing to resolve this issue? Sure hope whatever it is, works!

Thanks for your time and effort..

Having trouble activation too.. even after I deactivate AVG..
I would like the program to try ,but I will not leave my pc open
to viruses ... while trying to activate a screenshot prog...

Having same problem with trying to activate. Done as requested but no joy

Thanks for this program.

Can it scroll and capture the full page?
If yes, how do I do it?

Thanks!

I seem to be having issues with activation, I installed the program and after installation, I clicked on "ACTIVATE" and the programs still says that its an Unregistered Version at the top, so what do I have to do to activate it, Ive done what the readme file says to do!

Program doesnt want to register itselfs, not even with my AV off .... tried it several times already ... It says its registered successfully but when i open the program again after that it still says unregistered version ... can you help me to fix it ?

Nice program, thank you!