Microsoft won’t be patching the bug, but a proof of concept shows the potential for successful malware implantation. A previously unknown bug in Microsoft Windows would allow an attacker to spoof ...

If you’ve noticed Internet Explorer running slowly lately—or just halting altogether—here’s one possible cause: dialog boxes. On Friday, the same day that Microsoft recommended users download the ...

Q: Here’s my problem. Whenever I open a Word document, I get this message: “The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click OK, then close open dialog boxes to continue.” I don’t ...

Windows: If you'd prefer the Open and Save As dialog boxes to have fewer file-type options for easier selection of the ones you actually use, Format Customizer cuts out the dead weight. Format ...

If you have a large monitor, and you always get irritated when you have to keep moving your mouse pointer to the center of the screen to acknowledge small dialog boxes that appear, and if you’d rather ...

Want to stop Notifications from disappearing too quickly in Windows 11? While many prefer to turn off the Windows 11/10 notification dialog boxes, which appear in the right side taskbar bottom corner ...

We continue to cover an issue where the presence of a mounted iDisk can cause significant delays in the appearance of open/save dialog boxes. Users experiencing this problem will notice that it takes ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

TUAW reader Cody Rogers wrote in to say: "I'm fairly new to my iMac and Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard. One of my biggest annoyances from switching over from PC to Mac is when a dialogue box comes ...

Q:I've just begun to experiment with Mac OS X, and I've found a few things confusing. In particular, I'm having trouble finding my way around the folder system when I try to open and save files -- the ...