How do you make a "How to" video?

Hi Chris, try Capture Pad (http://www.capturepad.com) or ZD Soft Screen Recorder (http://www.zdsoft.com)

i googled free screen recorder and found the first result useful... that software was freeware and easy to use... but you will have to mess with the video settings for the best results.

You can use Camstudio. The version2.0 is free.
http://camstudio.org/

This is pretty good for a freeby http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx

I have Fraps for video capture and benchmarking. Works well for me, its a bit pricey at $37 but it does a good job and includes FPS benchmarking. Be sure you have a lot of hard drive space for any screen capture software.

http://www.fraps.com/

I use for me tutorials : http://camstudio.org/

I use CAMTASIA it also has a nice video editor, where you can add text, auto zoom, transitions, music, etc.

I haven’t tried it yet but this looks promising, its free and by Microsoft
Expression Encoder 4 to download go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24601

I use Camtasia. not bad but some times bad record quality and time recording is limited. Maybe it is because I don't know how set it correctly