Problem Steps Recorder:- To capture keyboard, mouse event with screen shots

Problem Steps Recorder, also known as PSR, is an utility provided by windows and available since Windows 7. (see below).



It can be invoked by typing "psr." in run. The utility resides in "C:\Windows\System32"

• To record a problem, click on 'Start Record' and do any actions. 
• Use mouse and keyboard keys appropriately.
• It does a screen capture step-wise on every mouse and keyboard events
• Once done, click on 'Stop Record' and save to any folder.
• It gets saved as web-page archive file format (.mht)

e.g)
Problem Step 1: (10/26/2018 12:04:38 PM) User mouse drag start on "Recorded Problem Steps (pane)" in "Recorded Problem Steps - Internet Explorer"

<screen-shot>

Problem Step 2: (10/26/2018 12:04:40 PM) User keyboard input in "Recorded Problem Steps - Internet Explorer" [... Ctrl-C] 

<screen-shot>

It is also helpful during software manual preparations as it taken screen shots automatically on each input events.