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The Mysterious “inetpub” Folder: An Unexpected Windows 11 Quirk Windows 11 users have recently encountered an unexpected twist following the cumulative update KB5055523—a seemingly innocuous yet puzzling folder named “inetpub” appearing on the C drive. This odd discovery, highlighted by multiple...

A Closer Look at the Mysterious Inetpub Folder on Windows 11 In recent weeks, many Windows 11 users have reported an unexpected discovery: a folder named “inetpub” has appeared out of nowhere on their systems following the installation of the KB5055523 update. This sudden manifestation has...

Recent Windows 11 cumulative updates have once again reminded us that even in a mature operating system, surprises can still lurk in unexpected places. This time, users have reported that after installing the April security patch—specifically KB5055523—a new folder named “inetpub” mysteriously...

Windows 11’s latest update, KB5055523, has recently stirred some spirited conversations among users and IT enthusiasts alike—mostly due to the mysterious appearance of an “inetpub” folder on the system drive. While at first glance this rogue directory might raise suspicions of malware or...

Windows 11 continues to surprise its users. The latest April 2025 cumulative update—KB5055523—has introduced an unexpected twist: the creation of an empty "inetpub" folder in the root of the C: drive, even on systems where Internet Information Services (IIS) is not installed. While the folder’s...

Upgraded broken WSUS 2022 server to 2025 from previous case not resolved Upon trying to install WSUS now it is failing with The System cannot find the path specified. The installation log is providing this error. 2025-01-09 09:08:41 Marking PostInstall done for UpdateServices-Database in the...

Not sure if this is the correct place but WSUS has stopped working. All clients stuck as 0% download. No real errors in the WSUS log. The files are downloading correct from Microsoft, I can download the iuident and wuident.cab files. No errors in the event viewer. but when you look a the failed...

I see a lot of talk online with this particular event id relating to Exchange. This is not an Exchange server. It's an IIS server running a web page for an inhouse application. I don't really know how to debug it. It only happens very randomly and I'm unsure of the catalyst so far. One...

hi, i cant make port forward working for a program. it needs port 31400-31409 for it to work. i hv done the thing below, but the program is not working. i try check if the port is open with online 'port open checking' but it say port is not open. here is what i hv done -set fix ip for the pc to...

Hello to everyone. I've virtualized Windows 11 with bhyve on FreeBSD 13R and inside the VM I enabled IIS. So,let's say that the IP address of the VM is : Link Removed,I can reach this IP web address outside of the VM,while I'm running FreeBSD. In addition,I've passed through my USB 3 disk with...

Hi, one of the optimize tip for ISS is to disable logging. But does someone here know how much this can speed up the website? Will it be a huge performance win, or not noticeable at all? /L

We have a small workgroup of 4 computers. Just got a Static IP installed on the router for RDC work at home. Only my computer has the static IP. When my internet access is in DCHP mode, I can utilize the SQL server on our machine running IIS via our intranet, and I can see all other computers...

Hi Everyone, Setting up a new eCommerce site on my Windows Server 2008 R2 running IIS 7.5, Installed I have 5 separate IP addresses all linked to nopCommerce sites using port 80 and port 443 for SSL. Now I've just added an extra IP address for another eCommerce site in development but I just...

Hello everyone, I need help with configuring the Web Server. Imagine having two servers and Windows Server 2016 Deskstop Experience installed on both. Server A with IP address 10.0.0.1 has AD and DNS installed, domain is somedomain.com . Server B with IP address 10.0.0.2 needs to have a web...

Hi, I'm using Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, and I have "MS12-073: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Could Allow Information Disclosure" vulnerability in my production server. When I search the internet for this, all I can see is that this is the issue for Vista, 2008, 7, and 2008 R2 , not...

Attention: windowsForum members: Over roughly the past week, I have not been able to start my web pages in my Internet Information Services ( IIS ) Manager 10 ( in Microsoft Windows 10 ) web server. Included below is a Paint 3D tempsnip image file for your consideration: Does anyone know...

Hello! I have just created two resources that can be accessed locally (API "hosted" by IIS and website "hosted" by nodejs with express and pm2). Both have own ports and it works fine. Now I would like to show it to the world :) I have found some solutions like WAMP Server or FileZilla, but...

Hi, I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with IIS 6.2 with a default website published. I have a url that is binded to the webserver, and when I access http://www.siteurl.com, I can reach the default page. But I have a subfolder that I need to access a website but through url...

I am using remote access to Server 2016 on a Virtual Private Server and wish to configure a user account Test to terminate after 1 hour of being disconnected. From the server Admin account I have accessed Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups-> Users -> Test and in the Sessions tab of...

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