Problem Steps Recorder

Having trouble explaining a specific issue to Contoso helpdesk, or just afraid of forgetting steps when doing that important documentation for your boss? Problem Steps Recorder is the answers, it’s a build in tool provide out of the box with Windows7.

PSR can be used to automatically capture the steps you take on a computer. Including a text description of where you clicked and along with a screen shot of the action.
Once captured, these steps can save as a single file.

Note: When you record steps on your computer, anything you type will not be recorded. If what you type is an important part of recreating the problem you're trying to solve, use the comment feature described below to highlight where the problem is occurring. - Microsoft win7, How-to-use-PSR


To record and save steps on your computer:
1. Click the Start button
2. Type 'psr' in the search area.
3. Select either 'psr' or 'Record steps to reproduce a problem' out of the list of results.

4. Click Start Record.
Note: You can pause the recording at any time, and then resume it later.

5. Click Stop Record.
6. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the file, and then click Save.
Note: The .mht file is zipped and saved.

To view the record of the steps you recorded, open the .zip file you just saved, and then double-click the file. The document will open in your browser.