Best screen grab software advice

I've googled this question; but would prefer advice and experience of fellow posters.
Anyone suggest which is the best screen grabber to use please?
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AllanQuatermain wrote:
I've googled this question; but would prefer advice and experience of fellow posters.
Anyone suggest which is the best screen grabber to use please?
At the risk of creating another never ending post:-
Do you mean screen grapper software  - or screen video capture software??
I have been searching for months for screen video capture software. It's perfectly legal if done sensibly.
You can view streaming video, from approved websites, but you can't record it, unless you can download from a Freeview Video Tuner, which in my case is not always possible.
Microsoft did have screen video capture software for Windows XP, but there's nothing that works for Windows 7.....
Even the Windows 7 Pro demo (limited) version does not work for me.

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