Why am i getting these errors from GitHub?

Question

I followed these instruction and could not connect to github for the life of me.

>plink -ssh github.com
FATAL ERROR: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available

plink -ssh git@github.com
You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not

with tortoisegit

git.exe push    "origin" master

ERROR: Permission to name/MyEmptyRepoOnGitHubHere denied to name.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Whats going on?

NOTE: I followed the instructions carefully. It was a lot worse before i followed them.

Answer 1

I'm unsure if this was the solution was cloning first (the instructions say to push)and by using the url like git@github.com:NAME/REPO.git without skipping the git@

Answer 2

More info here - Problem connecting to GitHub on Windows, even via PuTTY