Windows 11 Hardening: 5 Areas I Lock Down
Practical Windows 11 hardening steps for local accounts, network protocols, Remote Desktop, memory integrity, and Defender ASR rules.
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WSL Update Failed with 1618
How to troubleshoot and fix WSL update error 1618 (Wsl/UpdatePackage/0x80070652) caused by concurrent Windows Installer locks and pending system reboots.
Why vi Breaks in Enter-PSSession (But Works Fine Over SSH)
Install Microsoft's lightweight Edit terminal editor with winget and use it safely over SSH or PowerShell remoting, with Vim as a fallback.
Enable a Second Account for RDP
Add another Windows 11 account to Remote Desktop Users, test its credentials, and understand the one-session limit.
GitHub for Sysadmins: 2FA, Tokens, PR Workflows
A practical guide to GitHub: registration, mandatory 2FA, token authentication, repositories, projects, gists, cloning, and pull request workflows.
Fix Microsoft Edit Error 0x80070006 in Enter-PSSession
Diagnose Microsoft Edit error 0x80070006 in Enter-PSSession and use SSH or PowerShell file transfer to edit remote Windows files.
Install Git on Windows and WSL: Credentials and Line Endings
Install Git on Windows and WSL Linux, configure shared Windows credentials, set line ending standards, and master daily Git commands.
The Poller That Wasn't Dead: Debugging a Phantom Outage on Windows
My laptop's background poller kept going 'offline' for 10–18 minutes at a time. I blamed Windows sleep, changed the power settings, and was completely wrong. Here's how the event log and a timestamped audit trail found the real culprit: a network stall.
50 PowerShell Tips for Windows Admins
50 field-tested PowerShell tips: console habits, remoting, AD one-liners, disk and network checks, and the performance gotchas that bite.
GitHub Teams for Sysadmins: Roles, Branch Protection
Comprehensive guide to GitHub Organizations and Teams: member roles, granting repository access, branch protection, CODEOWNERS, and Pull Request reviews.