https://pwsh.in/tags/diagnostics/Recent content in Diagnostics on Vibhu Bhatnagar — PowerShell & Infrastructure EngineerHugo -- gohugo.ioenWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0530https://pwsh.in/posts/replace-monitoring-with-powershell/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0530https://pwsh.in/posts/replace-monitoring-with-powershell/<p>Task Manager is fine for a live CPU and memory snapshot. What it can&rsquo;t tell you: why the machine rebooted at 3am, which SSD is quietly wearing out, what auto-start service died last week, or what&rsquo;s connecting to an unfamiliar IP right now. PowerShell answers all of that — built in, free, scriptable, and more precise than any GUI. No third-party tools, no dashboard.</p> <p>These are diagnostics I run in production, grouped by what they actually solve, so you can go from &ldquo;something feels wrong&rdquo; to a root cause in minutes. The live-performance snippets come last on purpose — Task Manager covers that ground well, so the things it <em>can&rsquo;t</em> do are front-loaded.</p>