Small OS X Problems

[Drew017]

I have 2 questions...
1. For some reason, when I boot up my Mac, sometimes the stack icons load, and sometimes they don't. I have already deleted the plist file, but it still happens. Any Help?
2. My disk space isn't showing up right in Finder. Sometimes I'll have, say, 41.5 GB available, and then all of the sudden, it'll go down to 41.27. Can I fix this? Thank you!

I'm running 10.5.8

 

[simsaladimbamba]

1. Does it also happen in another, even temporarily created, user account?

2. That is normal, as temporary files get created during using Mac OS X. If you only see the HDD capacity varying between 230 MB and 1 GB, it is okay.

 

[Drew017]

Ok... I get the disk thing. I'll check on the dock in another user account. I've only had mine for about two weeks since I got this computer, so I don't know why it would mess up.