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How To Watch TV on Your Computer

Mikey — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:04:41 -0500

With cable prices soaring, many are seeking an alternative. If you have a list of favorite shows, and are considering watching television on your computer, there are several options. Follow these instructions and find the best option for you.

Materials:
Computer
Internet connection
List of shows you want to watch
TV tuner connection (optional)

How To Increase HTDT Earnings with Comments

thedave — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:18:59 -0500

If you're like me, it may seem like your AdSense pennies are not trickling in fast enough. HowToDoThings.com in my experiences is by far the best site for a freelance journalist to gain exposure, and maybe make a few bucks in the process. I know it may take a while to see some monetary progress, so why don't we speed up the process?

Your article may be great, but how will it stay fresh for months or years to come? It won't, unless people continue to talk about it. If you wrote "How To Get Tickets To The 2006 Super Bowl", well that article is probably dead now; but it doesn't have to be. When someone comments on your article it's as if they threw some fertilizer on it and asked you to water it back to life.

At least that's how the search engines will look at it. A single comment has the potential of stirring up an endless debate, which will add content and quality to your article. Here's what you'll need to do to nurse it back to life:

How To Track Adsense Article Earnings Individually at HowToDoThings.com

thedave — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:13:58 -0500

I've recently noticed several posts on the HowToDoThings.com discussion board from writers looking for a way to find out how much revenue a particular article is earning them. When you log-in to your adsense account you will be shown the cumulative total earnings for the day from all of your published articles.

If you're like me, you probably have that one published article that you know is special. You went all-out for this one. You put in a little extra time and effort, added pictures, relevant links, quick tips.....Heck, you even added a video! For sure this article has to be raking in more cash and clicks than some of your others! If only there was a way you could track the adsense earnings of each individual article. Not only would it give you peace of mind, but it would also give you a heads-up on what topics and writing techniques are bringing in the most money.

How To Get Court Records

gonzo — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:31:51 -0500

In most cases, court records are public record but they are not always easy to access. The Freedom of Information Act requires that courts make public information available to people who request it. If you need court records fast and easy, check out CivilRecords.org. If you have somemore time and follow these steps, you can get court records.

How To Do a Quick Background Check

gonzo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:35:40 -0500

These days you can never be too careful. If safety is your concern (whether for yourself or a loved one), you may be tempted to run a background check. With the Internet, it is now easier than ever to run a quick background check on just about anyone. Just follow these steps and you will have the information at your fingertips in no time.

Materials:
Computer with Internet connection
Some details about the person you are looking for

How To Tell if Someone Has a Criminal Record

gonzo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:31:07 -0500

It is unfortunate, but there are plenty of people out there who commit crimes. You may come in contact with some every day. If you are concerned that someone you know or have recently met may have a criminal record, there are ways you will be able to tell. First off, since you're online already, you can visit a site that searches for criminal records. I'd strongly recommend Gov-Resources because it's so convenient.

Here are steps you can take on your own.

How To Promote Your Website - A Beginner's Guide

jasonkeeley — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:29:09 -0500

How To Display your AdSense Earnings on the Desktop of your PC

alexalexL — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:46:16 -0500

How To Speed Up a Windows System Start-Up

BinaryBuddy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:36:29 -0500

How To Use Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables

yen03 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:37:55 -0500

Pivot Table is a summary table of your original spreadsheet. Based on your field selections and how the data should be displayed, a pivot table can aggregate and show a different view of your data.

For example, create a pivot table for Canada and USA sales report per quarter and year.

Create a Table as data source (see the screenshot below)
Create a PivotTable.
• Click the first left data, in A1 cell, Year field (see black-rectangle in the screenshot above).
• Click Data menu, select PivotTable and PivotChart Report submenu.
In PivotTable and PivotChart Wizard window, "Where is the data that you want to analyze?", click Microsoft Office Excel list or database option (see yellow-rectangle in the screenshot above).
"What kind of report do you want to create?", click PivotTable option (see blue-rectangle in the screenshot above) then click Next button (see red-rectangle in the screenshot above).

"Where is the data that you want to analyze?" $A$1:$F$12 (the ranges data is automatically appear), click Next.
"Where do you want to put the PivotTable report?", click New Worksheet option, then click Finish button.
In PivotTable Field List window, select the fields then put them as you need on the Pivot Table area. For example:
Click Year field (see red-rectangle in the screenshot below), select Row Area (see blue rectangle in the screenshot below), click Add To button (see pink rectangle in the screenshot below).
- Click Quarter field, select Row Area, click Add To button.
- Click Employee field, select Row Area, click Add To button.
- Click Customer field, select Column Area, click Add To button.
- Click Country field, select Page Area, click Add To button.
- Click Sales field, select Data Area, click Add To button then see the Pivot Table in the screenshot.
To change the view report, for example, you want to move the Customer field into the row area. Just click Customer field (see red-rectangle in the screenshot below), select Row Area (see blue- rectangle in the screenshot below), click Add To button (see pink-rectangle in the screenshot below).
If the Pivot Table Field List window doesn’t show up, right click on the pivot table area (see red-rectangle in the screenshot below), then click Show Field list (see blue-rectangle in the screenshot below).
To see the Pivot Table Report based on the country, click arrow of the country (see the red-rectangle in the screenshot below). For example, select USA, click OK.
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How To Trace Spammers with Gmail

Herrsilen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:58:47 -0500

How To Become a Hacker

omotoed — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:54:42 -0500

Hacking is the art of breaking into or penetrating though a secured virtual barrier or firewall normally without the consent of the owner of the virtual environment. Being an act that has always been viewed negatively, hackers always want to keep their identity anonymous to avoid arrest by the authority. Although hacking always poses a serious threat to our systems, to me it is in one way very helpful and that is why I insist on employing computer professionals who poses the skills of hacking.

They help my company by keeping all posible penetration points closed to the public. Furthermore, they help me gather information that keeps my company at a competitive advantage in relation to my competititors.

How To Optimize MySQL Queries

kakulz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:57:39 -0500

How To Publish a Website

VewdoRick — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:48:49 -0500

How To FTP Website Documents Up to a Server

VewdoRick — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:46:54 -0500

How To Create a Website

VewdoRick — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:21:16 -0500

How To Buy and Manage Domain Names

VewdoRick — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:57:39 -0500

How To Mount an ISO Image as a Virtual DVD Drive

alexalexL — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:28:34 -0500

How To Easily Write Headlines That Increase Search Engine Traffic

VewdoRick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:48:03 -0500

How To Avoid a Nigerian Scam Ploy

bishoptoluwase — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:03:32 -0500

How To Clean a Laptop Screen

gonzo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:52:16 -0500

These days, people take their laptop computers everywhere – from work to home to the coffee shop down the street. Along the way, the laptop screens pick up dust and particles. Whether your screen has picked up some sticky substance or just gotten dusty, you can follow these steps to have a clean laptop screen.

Materials:
Clean water
Isopropyl alcohol
Spray bottle
Lint-free cloth

How To Setup a Secure Wireless Network in Your Home

mterebessy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:18:34 -0500

Select a hardware vendor of your choice. This is probably one of the single most important steps as many vendors will "end of life" many of their products fairly early. For home based networking, Linksys does a great job of providing almost all of the features one might need in a wireless router/access point.
Conduct a wireless survey. Before setting up your wireless router/access point, survey the airwaves to find the best setting for your network. A lot of times neighbors' wireless devices (access points, phones, etc.) can slow your network to a crawl if channels overlap. Along with your laptop or desktop equipped with a wireless card, use a tool like Net Stumbler to survey the area.

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How To Perform a Mail Merge in Microsoft Word

yen03 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:59:11 -0500

Mail Merge is used to send the same documents to different recipients. Here, we learn about how to perform a mail merge letter, envelope and email.

Creating a Table of Recipients in New Document.

Click Table menu, select Insert submenu, then click Table.

Number of columns: 7

Number of rows: 4

Click OK.

Enter the sample data as follows, then Save As, for example, data_recipients.doc

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How To Use a Java Applet

kakulz — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:26:02 -0500

How To Use PHP htaccess for 301 Redirects and Domain Name Forwarding

VewdoRick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:09:52 -0500

How To Play Peter Answers

Cassandra — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:42:43 -0500

Peter Answers is an online psychic game. With Peter Answers, you find virtual Tarot that will entertain and amaze you. Follow these simple steps and you will know the tricks to play Peter Answers with your friends.

Materials:
At least 2 friends
Computer

How To Protect a PC Using Avast Antivirus

yen03 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:55:07 -0500

To protect a PC from trojans, you can use Avast! Antivirus home edition. When starting this program, the simple user interface help window will automatically display and you can uncheck "Don't show this window next time."

You can change the Avast! Antivirus Settings as you need:

Run Avast! Antivirus.

• Click Menu button (see red rectangle in the screenshot above), then click Settings (the menu only displays when the scan is off).

How To Save Money with Legal Forms

jasonkeeley — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:51:16 -0500

How To Edit MP3 File Tags

alexalexL — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:10:36 -0500

How To Watch Television Online

Traveling Librarian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:38 -0500

How To Convert Most Audio Files into Another Audio File

Aericron — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:28 -0500

Welcome to my How To Convert Audio Files walkthrough. Here, I will explain the easy steps of finding software and then converting your audio files into a different type for whatever reason. This will be walked through using Windows OS.

How To Tell if Someone Is Stealing Your Wifi

Hyatt — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:31:59 -0500

How To Burn Music to a CD

yen03 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:04:07 -0500

Here is my experience when burning my music to a CD. To burn music to a CD, you need the burning CD software (here, I use Nero StartSmart) and the CD-RW driver (I'm using 52x32x52x speed LG).

How To Use the VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP Functions in Microsoft Excel

yen03 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:55:08 -0500

VLOOKUP is used to read the vertical table_array and HLOOKUP is used for the horizontal table.

Syntax:
=VLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,col_index_num,range_lookup)
=HLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,row_index_num,range_lookup)

Look_up_value can be a value, a reference, or a text string and used to match between table array and data.

Col_index_num is the column index number of table_array. The only difference between HLOOKUP and VLOOKUP is HLOOKUP use row_index_num (row index number of table_array).

Range_lookup is a logical value that specifies whether you want VLOOKUP to find the exact match or approximate match.

How To Promote and Increase Traffic to Your HowToDoThings Articles

VewdoRick — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:08:05 -0500

How To Protect Your Domain Names From Domain Name Hijacking Scams

VewdoRick — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:35:41 -0500

How To Use an XML Parser Module

kakulz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:06:22 -0500

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is the industry standard for exchanging information. XML allows users to define their own tags. These tags are then used to define the data. For example, <author>Syed Feroz Zainvi</author>.

An XML document has hierarchical structure. At the top, there is a document root followed by other nodes, which may in turn have further nodes. There may be attributes and data associated with these nodes.

XML parsers are tools used to read or write to an XML document. These parsers are based on either DOM (Document Object Model) or SAX (Simple API for XML) standards. A comparison of DOM and SAX approaches is given in many books and on websites as well.

How To Get Organic Search Engine Traffic with Web Page Optimization

VewdoRick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:03:08 -0500

How To Check Out a Hoax

Cassandra — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:01:08 -0500

How To Get Free Cable TV

Mikey — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:51:45 -0500

Cable television has more channels offering more content than ever before. However, quantity is not necessarily a quality of its own. The content it offers is becoming increasingly less entertaining. Even so, the price just continues to go up almost every month. A great new digital product offered online can allow you to view over 3000 cable channels and best of all, it’s totally legal. Almost any method you try in order to get free cable could land you in jail. It’s just not worth it. But with one free and easy-to-install program, you'll never have to pay another monthly fee for your cable television again.

How To Hide Groups on MySpace

Mikey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:59:35 -0500

How To Get Into Blocked Websites in School

Mikey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:41:18 -0500

How To Get Zune on Linux

Mikey — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:58 -0500

For Linux users who own Microsoft Zune MP3 players, compatibility has always been a problem. With a little work however, it is possible for you to sync your Zune to your computer, even if you happen to be using the Linux operating system. What you’ll need to do is use VMware, a program that allows you to run another operating system within your standard operating system. Don’t worry, this isn’t complicated at all, but you may need to spend some money as VMware is not a free program. You will need a USB 1.1 hub as well, but the good news is that they aren’t expensive.

How To Clean an LCD Monitor

bgage725 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:35:23 -0500

To clean your LCD, you can use a soft cloth, water and isopropyl alcohol.

How To Assess the Legitimacy of an Online Money-Making Opportunity

omotoed — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:44:12 -0500

Many people have a lot of difficulty in assessing a legitimate online money-making opportunity and often fall victim to the carefully planned scams whose sole purpose is to make money from their victims. These online scams are often organized by criminals who extort money from innocent victims. Anyone can fall victim to these scams. Below are several simple yet powerful guidelines that can be used to assess the legitimacy of an online money-making opportunity.

Don’t pay your employer to get a job. As a job seeker, it means that an employer wants to employ you because s/he needs something(s) done and benefits from your services. You are therefore supposed to be paid for your services. If the opportunity requires you to pay some money before you are recruited, then think twice before committing yourself to such a deal, even if it is the so-called “registration” fee.

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How To Make Your Computer Start-Up Faster

vinnyct88 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:35:02 -0500

OK, so this is supposed to help those who are having a bad time starting up their computers. You know the feeling--you turn it on and it takes a lifetime for you to actually do something on it. Argh!

How To Use the New Article Toolbar

Brian263 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:28:43 -0500

Those of you who have contributed HowToDoThings articles in the past will recognize the buttons you see above the Introductions, Steps and Closing text boxes. For those of you who are new to the site, click this link to learn how to use the toolbar buttons that appear, from left to right, in the toolbars.

Bold:
The Bold button allows you to bold text. Simply highlight text you have entered, and click the Bold button to make it bold. Alternately, you can click the Bold button and then add text; it will be entered in Bold until you click the button again.
Italics:
The Italics button italicizes text. Use it the same way that you would use the Bold button above.
Underline:
The Underline button allows you to underline text. Use it the same way that you would use the Bold or Italics buttons above.

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How To Use the New HowToDoThings Article Wizard

Brian263 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:53:58 -0500

We at HowToDoThings would like to introduce to you a new article-writing interface! We believe that it will simplify the process of formatting and submitting your articles. Whether you’re a brand new writer who has just submitted your application, or have contributed to HowToDoThings in the past, here are the basic steps to use this new writing interface.

To start writing an article, click “Write an Article” on your Dashboard as usual.

NOTE: You can choose the old article wizard if you would rather use it. Just click "Write an Article" and then, at the beginning of the next page, click the link that says, "Click here to use original text editor."

How To Install Video Wallpaper on Your Desktop

alexalexL — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:40:27 -0500

Set up video as wallpaper on your desktop? Nice idea I think -- it is definitely the new thing. A few months ago, this option on PC was available only for Windows Vista Ultimate users. They are still able to add Windows DreamScene components via free Windows Update service. But now you can have video wallpaper on any version of Windows!

The free VLC media player helps you to get this effect.

How To Reset a Forgotten Windows Administrator Password

jamsam — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:36:27 -0500

We’ve all forgotten Windows passwords. When it happens, it can really cause a panic, but don’t worry – there is still a way to get out of this. So you are locked out from your PC and can’t access it. You can’t call the locksmith, because the locksmiths can only unlock your car’s and home’s doors, not PC Windows doors. In this article I’ll show you the way to reset the Windows password.