In Word 2007, press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on the numpad] to turn the cursor into a 4-leaf clover. This will allow you to get into customizing keyboard shortcuts used inside of Word 2007. At this point, if you want to know what a current keyboard shortcut does, you can press that shortcut while the clover cursor is up. Pressing Ctrl+P: You can alternately click on any of the … [Read more...]
Make Thunderbird check all folders for new messages
I have my e-mail filter into a few different folders based on who the sender is. This lets me keep my inbox a little more organized and keeps listserv conversations separated into their own folders. The only problem with this setup was that I wasn't being informed that there were new messages arriving in these folders, only the inbox. I would have to manually click on each … [Read more...]
USB/Mapped drive conflict resolved with Windows XP SP3
The conflict between USB drives and mapped drives seems to have been resolved with XP's Service Pack 3. Previously, Windows would only assign USB drives to letters D-H. If these letters were already assigned to Mapped Network Drives the USB drive would not show up until a different drive letter was automatically assigned to it. Using a third-party software was the previous … [Read more...]
Decoding Codecs – GSpot
Comparable to a previous post using DirectShow Filter Manager, GSpot helps shine some light on mysterious codecs at work. While DSFM will show you what codecs are installed on your machine and what priority they are taking precedence for different file types, GSpot can show you advanced information about the codecs installed on your machine and those used to encode a … [Read more...]
There was an error starting Zotero
After installing the Public Fox extension to Firefox, the previously installed Zotero add-on began having problems. It would load the following error: "There was an error starting Zotero" with a yellow hazard triangle and exclamation mark on the Zotero logo in the status bar. If you disabled the Public Fox extension and restarted Firefox, Zotero started up without error. You … [Read more...]