Terminal text editor open in an SSH session to a Windows host
Windows

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.

September 22, 2026 · 9 min · Mimi
Microsoft Edit is installed, version 1.2.1.0
PowerShell

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.

September 19, 2026 · 9 min · Mimi
Installing Git on Windows with winget and verifying the version
Git

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.

September 18, 2026 · 10 min · Mimi
Terminal log showing a poller going silent then catching up after a network stall
Troubleshooting

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.

September 17, 2026 · 8 min · Mimi
PowerShell code snippet on a dark terminal
Windows

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.

September 16, 2026 · 8 min · Mimi
PowerShell New-NetFirewallRule snippet on a dark terminal
Windows

How to Block League of Legends with Windows Firewall

Router port blocking can't stop League of Legends. Here's why it fails — and a PowerShell script that blocks it with Windows Firewall app rules, demotes the user to standard, and deploys over PSSession or SSH.

September 14, 2026 · 11 min · Mimi
Terminal showing fatal: bad object HEAD error from git status on Windows
Git

Fix git bad object HEAD on Windows

Fix the fatal: bad object HEAD error in git status on Windows caused by a corrupted HEAD reference or missing objects, with step-by-step recovery commands.

September 5, 2026 · 12 min · Mimi
Troubleshooting non-domain Windows connectivity showing ping failure, SMB port check, and PsExec session bootstrap
Windows

Enable Remote Access to a Non-Domain Windows Computer

How to gain remote access to an unpingable non-domain Windows computer with zero console or physical access, using only its IP, local admin credentials, and PsExec to enable RDP, WinRM, and OpenSSH.

September 1, 2026 · 23 min · Mimi
PowerShell terminal upgrading Go alongside the existing version
Go

Upgrade Go on Windows: Side-by-Side or Replacement

Upgrade Go on Windows either side by side or as a replacement, then verify go.mod and go.sum without changing a project unexpectedly.

August 30, 2026 · 11 min · Mimi
Databases

How to manage SQLServer

Step-by-step administration guide to install SSMS, set up VS Code with the mssql extension, and connect to SQL Server using SSMS, VS Code, and sqlcmd.

August 27, 2026 · 7 min · Mimi