Capturing screen activity in Quicktime

Can Quicktime Pro capture the activity on my PC screen? I want to create a video that shows some software we have created actually being used. I want to see the arrow move around the screen, push buttons, see reports being exported into excel etc etc. Can anyone help?!

QuickTime Pro can't be used to capture from your display.
Dozens of shareware apps are available and some Google searching is all you need to do.

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              "Chris Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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              > Chris Smith
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              >
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