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(Windows 11/Excel 365) I've been trying to enlarge the text size in my Excel VBA modules. The typical way to do this (Alt+F11 to open VBA window -> Tools -> Options -> Editor Format -> Size) is described here and here. However, changing that, in and of itself, is not affecting the size of my code at all. By default all code is size 9 it seems. I want to change all code to be size 12. When I use the above method and click OK, nothing happens, and if I try to use the above method again, it still shows size 9 as if I never changed it. (This same problem is described in this forum but no answers were given

It is in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System . I'm using Windows 11 version 25H2. I already knew the registry value ConsentPromptBehaviourAdmin in this registry key and its purpose. Now I'm having four questions regarding the registry value ConsentPromptBehaviorEnhancedAdmin in this registry key: What the purpose of this registry value? What does it control? What shall be an enhanced administrator in Windows? Since when does the concept of an enhanced administrator in Windows exist?

Recently, I used pdftk to add pages from pdf to another. But to my surprise, the output file now takes less space than the original pdf file. In particular, the original pdf file say file1.pdf had 510 pages. And I needed to add the page 1 of file2.pdf before the very first page of file1.pdf. I did this using the following command(to reproduce the issue): pdftk A=file1.pdf B=file2.pdf cat B1 A output output.pdf As expected, I got a new file named output.pdf that now has 511 pages where the first page is from file2.pdf . But to my surprise, the output.pdf takes 3.2 MB while the original file(file1.pdf) took 3.6 MB. So, I want to know why(how) this is so? The pdf file is a book manuscript so I am worried about any page loss in between or maybe some kind of quality loss. So I need to be sure if there was any information loss in this process because the new output file takes less space so where/h

When creating a PDF from another source, whether a web page, LibreOffice/MS Office DOCX document, or an EPUB book, I usually want to keep searchable text, as well as an image of each page. That process has become difficult in Windows 10, whether using MS Print to PDF, BullPDF, CubePDF or other utility: only page images are captured, not text. Note that specific apps can still create PDF with text, such as Firefox's own print to PDF, and PDF-XChange Editor save as PDF (though not print to PDF). Also note that the issue does not involve DRM, as the files being printed are not protected; some have been created by myself, and others are non-copyright material in unprotected documents. In Linux, documents can be opened and printed with printer-driver-cups-pdf from a Linux app, such as Atril, keeping text... but on Linux, with an app in wine, such as Sumatra PDF, printing loses the text (I assume wine uses the Windows PDF

I read a few articles on Git LFS and I am more confused about when I should apply LFS instead of having a clear idea. My situation is following: I work locally, and don't push to remote servers, although I am thinking to make a local-repository on another drive for additional backup I work almost only with media files: PNG, JPEG, TARGA etc. I have some large JSON files per project: up to 10MB, but they are references and never change I also have large files created by Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, Affinity Photo, Substance Painter etc. Some of these file grow easily up to 1GB, some have like 100-150MB. I found out one argument against LFS is to avoid files that are highly compressible. it wasn't really explained what it means, compressible by Git itself, or ZIP/7z etc.? How do I check this? I don't know how or even if Git compresses binary files. I know it works well

I'll start by saying this worked a few days ago, I'd use powershell to unblock my streamed files and I could preview them to my merry heart's content. The results were the same for other file types, but I've narrowed this to PDF as this is the primary document type that previewing provides the most value. Now I've got the unfavourable blocked previews again after enjoying a work-around that has stopped working. Details as summerised with AI below- Why do PDF previews fail in Windows Explorer for Google Drive Stream files but work from NTFS locations? I'm trying to understand the underlying cause of a recent issue and sharing the investigation in case others can reproduce it. Environment Windows 11 Google Drive for Desktop 126.0.5.0 Files stored in a streamed Google Drive volume (G:) Windows Explorer Preview Pane enabled PDF preview handler functioning normally for local files Proble

I'm in process of updating my screenshot/screen capture script that uses ffmpeg to capture screen (and optionally audio). Note the captures are generally intended to be uploaded to the web, which is why I'm using webm format; e.g. to incorporate them in issue reports on github. It used to work fine just fine ("fine" as in subjectively solid quality/size relation), but recently found the recordings are now super choppy — both audio and video start skipping after the first few seconds. Example command: ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -i :0.0 -f pulse \ -i alsa_output.usb-Generic_ThinkPad_Dock_USB_Audio-00.analog-stereo.monitor \ -- output.webm Also tried playing around with video & audio codecs (e.g. -c:v vp9 and -c:a libopus respectively), but essentially found no reasonable improvement. Played around with follow

I rely a lot on the Outlook calendar page, with the 'Tasks' bar showing (setting: "Daily Task List" > "Normal"). I create tasks on the day I plan to do them and move them around when I need to adjust my planning. But I run into a silly problem: I often need to move tasks from Friday into the next week. But with the "Work Week" calendar view (showing Monday-Friday), I can't see the next Monday so I can't drag my task there. Question: How can I easily drag a task into the next week? Is there a shortcut to toggle to the next week? I tried holding the dragged item at the edge of the calendar, but that doesn't trigger a week change either. This is with Outlook as part of a Office 2021 install, version 2108 (build 14334.20440). What I tried: One workaround I found is to right-click on the task and click "Follow Up" > "Next Week". Small caveat: this is w

Win 10 21H2 Assume we have two users: a) Root (i.e. Admin user) b) Regular 99% of time the user works through Regular account. However, they need a 3rd account for some sensitive/private data handling that cannot be accessed/seen even when the drive is externally read. The following architecture is proposed: A separate partition (E:) is created. E: is encrypted i.e with VeraCrypt A new user account is created on Win10, and ALL of its data (i.e. its C/Users/ folder is moved onto the E:. Appropriate registry changes are made to make windows load that user from E: To access the account and data, user logs in as Regular, decrypts E:, switches to 'HiddenUser'. After logging off as 'HiddenUser', veracrypt E: drive is dismounted from within Regular user, effectively locking all the data,recent files, thumb cache/local appdata/everything of Hidden User behind encryption. I am aware that Windows' user profiles cannot

For years now, I used Windows Media Streaming to watch videos from my computer on my TV. I recently bought a new computer and I'm trying to setup again the Media Streaming, but I'm facing issues. The computer runs on Windows 11 enterprise, connected to the same network and router as the TV, both by ethernet connection. The TV worked fine for years on my previous computer (also running on Windows 11, but family edition, with regular updates) When I access the video folder on my TV, the folder is empty. Same thing when I access the folder from another Windows computer through network: