After failing to use the control.drawtobitmap in c#, my second option was to take screenshots of the desktop and crop out the desired sections. My hiccup shows up once i sw
Digital Rights Management may be stopping this, because Windows adds protection for digital media.
If, for example, you are attempting to create a screen capture of something in Media Player or Media Center using Microsoft's rendering of Graphics - yes, Microsoft is going to "protect you from any potential lawsuit."
Try this: Click "Print Screen" on your keyboard and then go into Microsoft Paint and try pasting your screen capture into it. Is anything there?