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Repeated prompts to enter your Git username and password are a frustrating annoyance developers can live without. Unfortunately, if your Git installation has not been configured to use a credential ...

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Sharing Excel files can be a collaborative dream or a data security nightmare. Leaving worksheets unprotected exposes sensitive information, formulas, and formatting to unwanted changes, whether ...