Readers’ tips

I’ve been trying Screenbox (www. snipca.com/55147) since your Workshop on it in Issue 713 (page 38). As you say, it has real potential to be a long-term alternative to VLC, which urgently needs an upd

Choose different star colours for important emails Over the years, I’ve got into the habit of ‘starring’ important emails in Gmail, so they stand out when I have more time to deal with them. I was fru

Word has a setting that automatically changes words to bold and italics as you type. Click File at the top, Options then Proofing. Now click AutoCorrect Options ( 1 in our screenshot), then the AutoFo

Q I installed a graphics driver using the new Nvidia app recently, but afterwards I noticed that Windows wasn’t recognising my 5Gbps USB-A ports. The 10Gbps USB-A ports are working. I’d restored Windo

Until recently, I used Plex (www.plex.tv) to run my home entertainment server, but despite paying for a lifetime Plex Pass (£190 from www.snipca.com/55685) I’ve grown uneasy at the limits the company

Everyone knows how tough it can be to focus on an important job when you have a lot on your mind. It can be even worse when you’re trying to focus in an untidy, cluttered environment. It’s not because