How to take screenshots

[PoorOldSpike]

1 - Take the screenshot by hitting the 'Printscreen' key

2-'Paste' it into Windows Paint (or similar prog)
If you intend drawing arrows etc and putting words on the pic, do it and save it onto your hard drive in any folder (eg 'Pictures Folder')

3 - Register at a free image hosting site (I use Photobucket because its smoother than some others, http://photobucket.com/) and upload the pic into there.

4 - 'Copy' the 'IMG' line of code (or the http line etc for some other forums)

5 - Go to the CM forum and 'Paste' the code into your post.

Note - Although Paint is good, it can only do so much, so if you want to pretty up your pics with fancy tools (Sharpen, lighten/darken, juggle colour tones, contrast etc) use free Irfanview from here - http://www.irfanview.com/
(And don't forget you can enhance photos the same way too, for example a half-dead dull photo off the net can be brightened up, enlarged and sharpened no end)

PS -And don't forget if you want to permanently keep your pics for posterity,burn them to CD as backups in case you lose the originals if your PC crashes or if Photobucket goes up the spout etc..
Another thing - once your pics are in Photobucket, LEAVE THEM THERE, because if you delete them from PB you'll break the link to every net forum you posted them in and they'll vanish unless the forum locks them in, but not all forums do.
(Also, don't move your pics around in PB or give them new names because that'll break links too)