Install or Enable Snipping Tool in Windows Vista
Windows Vista comes built-in with a free screen capture or screenshot utility named Snipping Tool. Snipping Tool is available as a standard feature in Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate edition. It should be installed by default by each supported Vista edition installation as standard feature, and can be found under Accessories folder. However, for some reason, some Vista does not load this useful screen shot feature, but you can always install or enable this feature manually.
Snipping Tool actually has available for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 since a while ago. Thus, Microsoft is kind of porting the Snipping Tool from Tablet PC to Vista for desktop and notebook usage. Hence, do not surprise when the guide asks you to enable Tablet-PC Optional Components later.
Here’s how you can reveal the Snipping Tool in Windows Vista, if it’s not yet enabled in your system:
- Click on Vista Start button, and go to Control Panel.
- Click on Programs link.
- Click on Turn Windows features on or off link. If User Account Control pops up for confirmation, click on Continue button.
- Scroll down the list of features in Windows Features dialog window, tick the check box for Tablet-PC Optional Components to enable and show the Snipping Tool in Vista.
- Click OK when done.
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February 6th, 2010 04:54
When I go to Windows Features turn on and off, it goes SNMP Feature, (no tablet pc components), WMI SNMP Feature.
That’s it.
What should I do, how do I find Tablet PC Components?
February 3rd, 2010 21:54
after cliicking on Turn Windows features on or off link a pop up window comes but it is empty…means there are no folders on it. can anyone tell me why this is so ? because my snipping tool is not working.plz help.
January 2nd, 2010 05:16
In my windows features, I cannot find “Tablet-PC Optional Components”. My windows features seems to skip that, going in this order: “SNMP feature, (no tablet-pc optional components), Telnet Client, Telnet Server”…
I really need a link to install this, because I fear that I am missing my Snipping Feature, or that it was deleted.
October 17th, 2009 17:27
after you have enabled TABLET PC COMPONENTS go to accessories and there you will get snipping tool
October 3rd, 2009 05:32
snipping tool 2,0 Windows Vista Ajuda me??
September 6th, 2009 01:04
You can also get original Vista Snipping Tool on Windows XP, yeah really just like Vista and Windows 7:
http://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?/topic/4069-get-vista-snipping-tool-sticky-notes-inkball-texas-holdem-rtm-ported-to-xp/
August 26th, 2009 22:58
did this all right but still cant find snipping tool
June 2nd, 2009 22:21
when i go into control panal i cannot find programmes link
May 6th, 2009 20:21
我現在是用vista但是裡面卻沒有snipping的軟體
請問要怎麼辦呢?
按照你的說法找了還是沒有= =
請交教我ㄅ
或是要去哪下載呢?
April 23rd, 2009 05:59
thanx =)
February 22nd, 2009 07:50
There are no Tablet PC Components in my Vista Home Basic that I can enable so no Snipping Tool either.
February 1st, 2009 23:59
thancks
February 1st, 2009 23:55
wow ya me habia pasado 2 veces anteriormente pero no sabia por que era y solo lo solucionaba restaurando mi sistema pero gracias a esto me has salvado de restaurar mi sistema otravez pero aun asi no quiero activar el tablet pc por que definitivamente no creo que lo necesite pero bueno que mas da me pregunto con desactivar el servicio de tabletpc sera suficiente, ah de hecho lo habia desactivado e las caracteristicas de windows por que segun que consume recursos pero bueno que mas da muchas grax…..
February 1st, 2009 12:45
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January 29th, 2009 04:30
This cannot be found on my computer, as I cannot find the Snipping Tool in my computer or the Enable the Tablet PC Components on it either.
January 16th, 2009 05:28
thanx
November 8th, 2008 12:54
Thanks
i tought i was crazy
October 20th, 2008 23:48
i was overlooking that option. I though it is for Tablet PC (touch screen) option. anyways thanks..
August 17th, 2007 02:00
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