Take Control of Explorer's Preview Pane with PowerShell
List the preview handlers installed on a PC, see which one each file type uses, and point extensions like .log, .ps1 or .json at the handler you want.
File wrangling · Note 5 ↗EXPLORE THE NOTEBOOK
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Nintendo's Home Consoles, NES to Wii U: The Models Worth Knowing
A field guide to Nintendo's home consoles from the Famicom to the Wii U, with the hardware revisions worth knowing for each, the mods people do, and which model to buy.
Console field guide · Note 3 ↗
Building a Tier 2 OU Structure and Admin Group with PowerShell
Create the Tier 2 OU, its sub-OUs and the group that manages them, and delegate just enough rights for workstation and user admin work.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 2 ↗
Exporting Active Directory OUs to CSV (With Paths You Can Actually Read)
Dump every OU in the domain to a spreadsheet, with a readable path, depth, GPO link count and, if you want, how many objects live in each one.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 3 ↗
A BC-250 Cyberdeck: The Build Spec for a Console-Board Desktop
My v2 build spec for an all-in-one cyberdeck built around AMD's BC-250 mining board, a printed slim console case, a 15.6-inch touch panel, and Bazzite running the niri window manager.
The retro workbench · Note 11 ↗
Emulation Handhelds Sorted by Chip, Not by Brand
A quick way to make sense of the flood of Anbernic, Miyoo, Retroid and TrimUI handhelds, by grouping them by the chip inside, plus the custom firmware worth knowing and why the shape matters more than the spec sheet.
The emulation bench · Note 2 ↗
Chasing ClientOtherError in Azure Files: Is It Your SDK or Your Code?
What ClientOtherError really counts in Azure Files metrics, how to find which calls cause it, and what to look for in the client library code making them.
Troubleshooting notes · Note 2 ↗
Getting the Console Width in PowerShell (Even When There Isn't One)
A width check that works in a real console, in VS Code, and in scheduled tasks and CI runners where there's no window to measure.
PowerShell craft · Note 3 ↗
WSUS, WUfB or Windows Update? Check (and Reset) Where a PC Gets Its Updates
One script that reads the WSUS, scan-source and Windows Update for Business settings on a device and tells you where it's really getting updates from, with a safe reset for leftovers.
Windows Update, untangled · Note 2 ↗
Check Whether Two Files (or Two Folders) Are Really Identical
Compare files, whole folder trees, or a download against its published checksum with Get-FileHash, and get back a clear Match or Different for every file.
File wrangling · Note 4 ↗
Pushing Configuration Profiles to Devices That Are Already Deployed
How to build a configuration profile in Intune, roll it out to machines that are already in people's hands, and confirm it actually landed.
Getting devices into Intune · Note 5 ↗
Opting Devices In to Microsoft Update with an SCCM Package
Register the Microsoft Update service through the Windows Update Agent's own COM API, so devices pick up Office and other Microsoft product updates, not just Windows.
Windows Update, untangled · Note 4 ↗