How to Export Songs From iTunes to a Thumb Drive

Image Credit: Visage/Stockbyte/Getty Images iTunes is a digital media player developed to run on both Mac and Windows operating systems. As a user of iTunes, you might have an intricate music library from which you desire to export or transfer songs onto a portable thumb drive without compromising your existing music library. You can transfer […]

How to Calculate R2 Excel

In finance and statistics, the coefficient of determination, also referred to as R-squared (or R2) is a measure of the relationship between two data sets used in a mathematical model. Image Credit: ijeab/iStock/GettyImages In finance and statistics, the coefficient of determination, also referred to as R-squared (or R2) is a measure of the relationship between […]

How do I Solve Equations With a Casio fx-991MS Calculator?

Scientific calculators can simplify calculations. The Casio fx-991MS comes with a built-in equation solver. This is useful if you already know the process for solving particular types of equations but do not want to go through the rote algebraic and arithmetical processes. The fx-991MS is able to solve quadratic and cubic equations containing one unknown […]

How to Delete Windows Log Files

Image Credit: Traimak_Ivan/iStock/GettyImages Whenever a noteworthy operation occurs on your computer or a program encounters an error, Windows stores a record of it for troubleshooting purposes and to make future program operations faster. These records are stored in dedicated log files in the core Windows directory. Some users may find the collection of these files […]

How to Remove Scratches on a Laptop Lid

Image Credit: naruedom/iStock/GettyImages Modern laptop designs place great value on aesthetic appearance. Looking through an electronics showroom reveals a wide variety of sleek, cool-looking machines in dark colors, with textured lids and matte finishes. Unfortunately, many laptop casings are built from plastic, and the portability of laptops exposes them to wear and tear that can […]

How to Find a Program’s Registry Key

The Registry is a database that Windows uses constantly as programs run on the computer. Each piece of software will have Registry keys. There can be multiple keys for any one specific program, sometimes hundreds of keys, spread throughout the five sections of the Registry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. Finding these keys involves […]

How to Make the Windows 7 Taskbar Transparent

The Window Color and Appearance dialog box. Image Credit: Image courtesy of Microsoft To make your taskbar transparent — and more appealing — you need to enable the Windows Aero tool. When you enable transparency, the margins of all windows, as well as the Start menu, become transparent. To ensure Aero works on your system, […]

How to Remove a Go Daddy Parked Page

GoDaddy is a leading domain registration and Web hosting company in the United States. The company was founded by Bob Parsons in 1997 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. When a domain is registered, it appears as a GoDaddy parked page until the contents and files of the website have been uploaded. A hosting plan […]

How to Remove Installshield Update Manager

Installshield Update Manager is a computer program that updates software you installed on your computer using the Installshield software. If you remove this update manager from your computer, you can still update all of your programs; you’ll just have to do so manually by going to each program’s manufacturer’s website. Installshield Update Manager can be […]

How to Check Who Views Your Tumblr

The Account menu, displaying the follower count for two blogs. Image Credit: Image courtesy of Tumblr. The primary way to check who reads your Tumblr blog is to use the built-in list of followers. This list is available for each blog you own, whether it’s a primary or a secondary one; you can reach it […]