Just as an example, I need to be able to demostrate how to find a file on a Windows XP machine. One way to achieve this might be to hoook the PC up to a projector, another would be to take a series of screen shots & use them in a Power Point presentation. Alternatively, I could capture the aforementioned actions into a bit of s/w, a bit like a movie if you like. Now I know this is possible cos I had just a bit of s/w on a machine a couple of years ago. Can't recall the name of it though, any ideas?

Many image viewing programmes like Irfan have a Slide show facility.

View/Stop/start automatic viewing

Just walking through the images in a folder, which is what I think you are looking for?

I've used one many years ago but can't recall the name. I assume what you want is a screen capture recorder that produces a video file. Here is one for $29.95 http://www.mandsoft.com/index.htm

Another one for $9.95 http://www.download.com/Easy-Screen-Captur...4-10288386.html

do a google on this one here:

Camtasia Studio 1.1.1

can do some interesting stuff from what i hear from other forums. havent tried it yet.

Wink. It's fast. free, and easy; records screen events automatically; you add speech balloons for explanation; a variety of output formats:

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

Wink. It's fast. free, and easy; records screen events automatically; you add speech balloons for explanation; a variety of output formats:

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

The demo looks decent enough.

Irfanview is good and so is Picasa.

Try this link:

Picasa

Taken from the website;

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you know. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print at home, make gift CDs, instantly share via Hello™, and even put pictures on your own blog.