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Windows users have long adopted a mixture of hope and trepidation when Patch Tuesday rolls around, knowing that while crucial security flaws are addressed, unintended issues sometimes sneak in through the cracks. This month, Microsoft’s cumulative update KB5058411 for Windows 11 (OS Build...

Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerabilities consistently make headlines due to their profound impact on enterprise environments, end-user privacy, and the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The recent disclosure and patching of CVE-2025-29956—a buffer over-read vulnerability in Windows...

In the wake of the May 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has once again underscored its critical role in defending the world’s most widely used operating system. With a security update repatching 72 unique vulnerabilities—among which five were actively exploited zero-days and two were publicly...

Microsoft's recent patches for Windows 11 24H2, notably April’s cumulative update KB5055523 and March’s preview update KB5053656, have unfortunately reintroduced a spectrum of severe issues—including system crashes manifested as Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors—highlighting ongoing challenges...

Windows Server 2025 Security Update Sparks RDP Headaches: What IT Pros Need to Know In a concerning turn of events for system administrators and IT professionals, Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday update for Windows Server 2025 (KB5051987) has introduced a significant hiccup: freezing Remote...

Microsoft's March 11 Patch Tuesday rollout, a cornerstone event for Windows security, included a critical fix for an NTLM hash-leaking vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-24054. Initially, Microsoft had rated this vulnerability as "less likely" to be exploited, but swift real-world attacks have...

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...

Windows Server 2025 administrators and IT professionals are currently grappling with a critical and nuanced issue that has emerged following the installation of recent updates, particularly surrounding domain controllers and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions. This problem has multifaceted...

Windows Server 2025, Microsoft's latest server operating system, is currently grappling with a series of critical issues following recent security updates. Among the most pressing is a domain controller bug triggered by a firewall profile misapplication after a server reboot, alongside a...

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, delivered a broad array of bug fixes across its Windows ecosystem, notably including a vulnerability that had been underestimated in its exploitation potential. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24054, concerns a critical security gap within the Windows...

Microsoft’s latest patch troubles have the IT community raising an eyebrow—and a few RDP session restart buttons. A recent advisory from the tech giant warns that a seemingly routine security update, KB5051987, released on February 11, 2025, has introduced an unexpected freeze issue on Windows...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, introduced crucial security updates, among them a vulnerability labeled CVE-2025-24054 impacting the NTLM authentication protocol. Though Microsoft initially rated this vulnerability as "less likely" to be exploited, reality quickly contradicted that...

When Typing an Email Turns Your CPU into a Furnace: Unpacking the Latest Outlook Bug Picture this: you’re drafting a simple email in the classic Outlook for Microsoft 365, and suddenly your computer sounds like a jet engine taking off. Your CPU usage spikes wildly, soaring to 30-50% utilization...

The creation of the inetpub folder on Windows systems by the April 2025 cumulative update has sparked significant discussion in the Windows community for its dual role as a security measure and a potential vulnerability. Historically, the "C:\inetpub" directory is tied to Microsoft's Internet...

Microsoft's recent efforts to patch Windows systems against a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability, CVE-2025-21204, have introduced an unexpected and somewhat controversial element—a mysterious "inetpub" folder that appears on nearly all updated Windows machines, even those not running...

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...

The emergence of the "inetpub" folder in Windows systems, particularly following the April 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 and Windows 11, is a fascinating and important development in Microsoft's ongoing battle to fortify operating system security. Although at first glance this folder...

Microsoft's recent April 2025 patch for Windows introduced a curious and controversial change that has IT administrators and security experts buzzing—a mysterious "inetpub" folder appearing by default on systems, including those not using Internet Information Services (IIS). Far from a mere...

Microsoft’s recent April 2025 patch cycle for Windows 10 and Windows 11 has sparked a wave of both intrigue and concern across the IT community due to the unexpected appearance of the “inetpub” folder on users’ system drives, usually the C: drive. This folder, historically associated with...

Microsoft's classic Outlook client has recently become the center of frustration for many users due to a CPU usage spike bug that causes the application to consume disproportionately high system resources, locking up computers and draining power. This issue, which has been officially confirmed...