A nifty feature in Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) is called Stacks. This allows you to place a shortcut to a folder in the Dock, and clicking this shortcut will spring open a list of all the files within the folder. Stacks is very useful for folders such as Applications, eliminating the need trawl through your hard drive looking for a particular program. To create a Stacks shortcut for a folder, simply drag the folder to the right-hand side of the Dock (next to the Downloads and Documents folder shortcuts). For more information on Stacks, visit: www.apple.com/macosx/features/desktop.html . (more…)

Thanks for your recent article on tweaking Mozilla Thunderbird. After going through the advanced settings I cannot find any settings to disable the warning message about email messages with no subjects. I often send messages without a subject line, and would like to disable the warning message. Is this possible? (more…)

The following message keeps appearing while working on the computer: ?Windows No Disk. Exception processing message c0000013 parameter 75b6619c 4 756bf9c 75b6bf9c. Cancel, Try Again, Continue”. Clicking “Cancel? closes the message, but then it re-appears not long after. How can I stop this message from appearing? The computer is running Windows XP. (more…)

I am considering the purchase of a new computer with Windows Vista. Is it possible to transfer the email and address book from the old computer to the new computer using a USB flash drive? If so, what procedure should I follow? The current computer is running Windows Me with Outlook Express 5. (more…)

When using my Apple MacBook I have found that right-clicking without an external mouse can be problematic, as the MacBook only has a single button under the trackpad. However, there is a neat feature in Mac OS X to address this issue. Go to the Apple menu > “System Preferences”. Open the “Keyboard & Mouse” preferences and select the “Trackpad” page. Enable “Place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click”. Now, if you place two fingers on the trackpad and press the button, this will simulate a right-click. Unfortunately, this does not work for Windows XP through Boot Camp. However, there is a free utility called Apple Mouse Utility which will simulate a right-click when holding the Control key at the same time. This utility can be downloaded for free at: www.geocities.com/pronto4u/applemouse.html . (more…)