i think that he uses fast stone but it costs if i am right

jd is correct, I do use WinSnap (not free) for most screenshots.

Jack is thinking of whs, who uses fast stone and has mentioned it a number of times. MysticGeek uses SnagIt for his screenshots...

So as far as the articles go, there are a mix of applications used to generate them.

oh ya that is right whs did say something about that didn't he thx for correcting me. i get kinda mixed up with all of the posts that i read it's hard to keep track of who says what sometimes.

First if you wanted to get like a screenshot of your desktop you could look at your keyboard and it should say something like this prt scr that means Print Screen and you can go to paint and then go to edit and hit paste or you could go to anything that has paste and it will show up like I just went to Microsoft Word and I hit paste and it showed the screen shot that I took.

@tmonkey,
Lol, seriously , i have used a computer before in my life...
I know how to make screenshots, and if you have read some of my posts you will notice that i have posted many screenies, which i capture and edit in photoshop...
The only reason i posted this topic was because i noticed that "The Geek" makes screenshots wich show the shadow and cut corners...
but he told me it was windows snap , and i now have it :)
look, here's a test shot :

@Jack,
I had alot of things open, and i was in a bit of a rush while taking the screenshot!

@Jack,
Considering XP had low, low, low Running Processes, vista runs about 50-75 procceses normally,
if you have more, just close some applications!

Ohh...i though you had vista,
ok, i understand now!