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How To: Share files and folders with your Home Group on a Microsoft Windows 7 PC

In this clip, you'll learn how to use the Home Group networking feature of Microsoft Windows 7 to easily share files and folders between two or more computers. This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started sharing files across your own Home Group, take a look.

How To: Remove Blank Hijacker from a Microsoft Windows XP PC

Need help figuring out how to remove the pernicious Blank Hijacker adware app from your Microsoft Windows XP or 2000 computer? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over three minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.

How To: Protect your Microsoft Windows PC against malware with Shadow Defender

Looking for a security solution for your Microsoft Windows PC? With Shadow Defender, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just under ten minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions on how to get started using Shadow Defender to protect your own desktop computer or laptop, take a look.

How To: Disable security notifications in Microsoft Windows 7

Need some help figuring out how to disable potentially annoying popup security notifications in Microsoft Windows 7? This video tutorial will show you how it's done! It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete overview of the process in just over a minute's time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this Win 7 user's guide.

How To: Add Microsoft prepaid card points to XBox Live account

If someone has ever gotten you one of the prepaid Microsoft point cards for XBox Live as a gift or you've bought one off of eBay or something, you may be wondering how to redeem it. Poking around in the XBox 360 menu would yield the answer pretty quickly, but if that's not your style this video will show you how to redeem the points from your card quickly and easily, allowing you to buy more games and addons and just keep playing.

How To: Make sketches with Microsoft Excel

Not only is Microsoft Office Excel handy for drafting documents, it can also be used to make simple illustrations. Quite easily at that. The program's drawing tools are so easy to utilize, in fact, that this free video software tutorial can present a complete overview of the process in just under four minutes' time. For detailed instructions, as well as to get started doodling in your own Excel workbooks, take a look.

How To: Set up a POP3 email account in Microsoft Outlook

Need to know how to set up a POP3 account within Microsoft Outlook? When you know how to go about it, it's simple. So simple, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at Easily can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just over three minutes' time. For the specifics, and to get started using your own POP account in MS Outlook, just watch this handy how-to.

How To: Upgrade Notepad in Microsoft Windows

Want a little bit more from your text editor? This video clip from CNET TV will show you how to find a suitable replacement for Microsoft Windows' Notepad. For details, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started finding, downloading and using a Notepad replacement yourself, watch this home computing how-to.

How To: Use the Microsoft KIN Two smartphone

Whether you're the proud owner of a Microsoft KIN Two smartphone or perhaps just considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which presents a complete overview of the phone's various features. Specifically, this video demonstrates the unit's Favorite, Loop and messaging functionalities.

How To: Turn off automatic updates in Microsoft Windows

Find the Microsoft Windows automatic update feature annoying? It's simple to disable. So simple, in fact, that this free home computing how-to can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just over a minute's time. For specifics, and to turn off automatic updating on your own Windows computer, watch this PC user's guide.

How To: Get a Vista-style Taskbar in Microsoft Windows 7

New to Microsoft Windows 7? Pining for the old Vista Taskbar? It's easy to restore it! So easy, in fact, that this free home computing how-to can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under a minute's time. For specifics, and to get started using a Vista-style Taskbar on your own Win 7 computer, watch this PC user's guide.

How To: Use System Restore on a Microsoft Windows Vista PC

Need to restore your Microsoft Windows Vista PC to an earlier date? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this free home computing how-to can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under a minute's time. For specifics, and to get started restoring your own Windows Vista computer with the System Restore tool, watch this PC user's guide.

How To: Calculate child support payments in Microsoft Excel

Looking for a primer on how to calculate child support payments in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet? You've come to the right place. In this free video tutorial from everyone's favorite MS Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, you'll learn how to do just that. For more information, including detailed instructions on how to find child support payment amounts yourself, watch this helpful how-to.

How To: Decrease values in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun and Mr. Excel, the 2nd installment in their joint series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll see two methods for subtracting 35% from a column of values.

How To: Create a frequency distribution in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun and Mr. Excel, the 15th installment in their joint series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use a pivot table with grouping and a count function to create a frequency distribution.

How To: Use Microsoft Excel's built-in VLOOKUP function

Looking for a primer on how to create and work with lookup queries in Microsoft Office Excel? You've come to the right place. In this free video tutorial from everyone's favorite MS Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the very first installment in his series of Excel lookup formula series, you'll learn how to use the VLOOKUP function to deliver a value to cell.

How To: Use pivot tables for data analysis in Microsoft Excel

If you're looking to learn how to use Microsoft Excel, a video series from digital spreadsheet guru ExcelIsFun is a great place to start. But which of his many series should you choose? The one titled "Excel Basics," that's which! In this free video MS Excel lesson, the 20th installment in said basics series, you'll learn how to use pivot tables (PivotTables) to analyze and summarize data.

How To: Use the CHOOSE function in Microsoft Excel

hether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you've come to the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 46th installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn how to use MS Excel's CHOOSE function.

How To: Use Microsoft Excel macros securely

hether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you've come to the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 52.5th installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn about macro security. For more information on how to use macros safely, watch this free video guide.

How To: Use conditional summing in Microsoft Excel

Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you've come to the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 9th installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll see three examples using the SUMIF function to do conditional summing.

How To: Use SUMIFS and COUNTIFS in Microsoft Excel 2007

Are you looking for a way to make your Microsoft Excel formulas simpler, faster and more efficient? If so, you're in the right place. With this free video lesson from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 7th installment in his "Excel Formula Efficiency" series, you'll learn about the SUMIFS function and how it blows SUMPRODUCT away when it comes to calculation speed.

How To: Use Chebyshev's Theorem in Microsoft Excel

If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 46th installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn about Chebyshev's Theorem and how to apply it in three different ways.

How To: Use the Microsoft Excel Data Analysis add-in

If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 43rd installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to use the Excel Data Analysis add-in descriptive statistics tool.

How To: Set up & solve large word problems in Microsoft Excel

Looking for a primer on how to create and work with array formulas in Microsoft Office Excel? You've come to the right place. In this free video tutorial from everyone's favorite MS Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 15th installment in his series of Excel array formula series, you'll learn how to set up, solve and write conclusions for larger-sized mathematical word problems.

How To: Solve trade discount word problems in Microsoft Excel

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is business math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 45th installment in his "Business Math" series of free video lessons, you'll learn when to solve a trade discount word problem with Excel.

How To: Count dates with an array formula in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 142nd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to create a complex array formula that counts weekends between two dates with the SUM, IF WEEKDAY, ROW and INDIRECT functions.

How To: Use the NORMSINV & NORMSDIST in Microsoft Excel

If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 93rd installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to use the NORMSINV and NORMSDIST functions to complete a hypothesis test about a population proportion.

How To: Install the Microsoft Excel Data Analysis add-in

If you use Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, odds are you work with numbers. Put those numbers to work. Statistical analysis allows you to find patterns, trends and probabilities within your data. In this MS Excel tutorial from everyone's favorite Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 13th installment in his "Excel Statistics" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to install the Excel 2007 Data Analysis add-in.

How To: Fix poorly set up data in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 507th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to take badly setup data (not in database/table format) and summarize it by date and shipping name into table format report.

How To: Count with two criteria in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 529th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the SUMPRODUCT and COUNTIFS functions to count how many sales you made for a given product over the last 7 days.

How To: Count whole and half workdays in Microsoft Excel

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 535th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the NETWORKDAYS, NETWORKDAYS.INTL, WEEKDAY, ROW, INDIRECT and SUMPRODUCT functions to count weekdays including half (1/2) workdays.