How to Join or Unjoin Help Experience Improvement Program in Windows 7

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By participating in the Help Experience Improvement Program you can help Microsoft improve the quality and relevance of your online Help experience by allowing data to be collected about how users navigate using online Help, typing search queries, clicking links to Help topics, clicking links to Web sites, and so on. The information collected is not used to identify or contact you.

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This will show you how to join or unjoin the Help Experience Improvement Program in Windows 7.

Here's How:

1. Open the Start Menu and click on the Help and Support button on the right dark side.

A) Go to step 4.

OR

2. Open the Start Menu, then copy and paste Help and Support in the search box and press enter.

A) Go to step 4.

OR

3. While in Windows Explorer, click on the Help and Support toolbar icon at the upper right corner.

4. In the Windows Help and Support window, click on Options and Settings. (see screenshot below)

5. Check the Improve my search results by using online Help box. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: The option in steps 6 and 7 will be grayed out unless you check this option.

6. To Join the Help Experience Improvement Program

A) Check the Join the Help Experience Improvement program box. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: This is the default setting.

B) Go to step 8.

7. To Unjoin the Help Experience Improvement Program

A) Uncheck the Join the Help Experience Improvement program box. (see screenshot below step 5)

8. If you did not want the option in step 5 to remain checked, then uncheck it. (see screenshot below step 5)

9. Click on OK. (see screenshot below step 5)

10. Close the Windows Help and Support window. (see screenshot below step 4)

That's it,
Shawn

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