These tips also apply to other computers running Windows 11 or Windows 10.

One utility you’re able to use isMicrosoft’s Game Bar.

Below are directions for enabling Game Bar and then the steps to use it to take a screenshot.

Xbox Game Bar toggle

PressWin+Gto trigger the Game Bar.

It appears as an overlay on top of whatever you’re doing.

Select theCaptureicon at the top of the bar.

Xbox Game Bar capture

A new window will usually appear on the left-hand side of your screen.

Select theTake screenshoticon to take and save a screenshot of your screen.

This screenshot will not include theGame Baroverlay.

Xbox Game Bar screenshot

There’s no better way for these instances than using Windows' print screen function.

Get what you want to screenshot ready and active on your display.

Then, pressWin+PrtScto capture a screenshot of the whole display or multiple displays if you have that setup.

The screen flickers momentarily to indicate that it’s been captured.

This software is already included with your rig and has features unavailable in the other methods described above.

There are also built-in editing options.

All screenshots created with this method are automatically saved to this folder: