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Set NTFS Permissions the Right Way: Secure a Folder Without Breaking Inheritance Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes NTFS permissions are one of Windows’ best security features—but they’re also one of the easiest ways to accidentally lock yourself out or create a messy “why...

Microsoft has issued emergency, out-of-band updates to repair a disruptive side effect of its December security patches that left Message Queuing (MSMQ) unable to write its storage files on a wide range of Windows client and server releases, a problem that forced immediate mitigation steps in...

Microsoft acknowledged and — in some server channels — already shipped out-of-band patches that address a disruptive December 2025 regression which broke Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) for many enterprise deployments, and administrators now face a short-term choice between applying...

Microsoft’s December patch wave has produced an awkward one‑two punch for administrators: the company’s security hardenings for Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) fixed real vulnerabilities but also changed NTFS permissions in a way that broke queue persistence in many production environments —...

Microsoft’s December security rollup has disabled Message Queuing (MSMQ) on a subset of legacy and enterprise Windows systems, leaving queues inactive, IIS sites throwing “Insufficient resources to perform operation” errors, and critical message pipelines broken until organizations choose...

Microsoft’s December Patch Tuesday has produced a painful and immediate headache for enterprises that still rely on Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ): multiple cumulative updates released on December 9–11, 2025 changed MSMQ’s filesystem security semantics and, in many environments, prevented...

Microsoft's December cumulative update for Windows 10 ESU systems, shipped as KB5071546, has introduced a breaking change to Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) that is rendering queues inactive, causing IIS-hosted applications to fail with “Insufficient resources to perform operation”, and...

Microsoft has acknowledged that the December 9–12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 (notably KB5071546 for 22H2 ESU builds) introduced a regression that breaks Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) by changing the component’s filesystem security semantics, causing queues to go inactive and...

Microsoft’s December Patchday produced an unexpected operational hazard for Message Queuing (MSMQ): a change to the MSMQ security model and NTFS permissions introduced with the December 9, 2025 cumulative updates can prevent applications and IIS sites from writing to message queues, causing...

Set Up a Secure Home Network File Sharing on Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 20-30 minutes Introduction Sharing files across devices in your home can boost productivity and reduce email back-and-forth. This guide shows you how to set up a secure, private network folder you...

When Windows refuses to remove a file, the frustration is immediate — but the reasons are usually diagnosable and fixable. This in-depth guide walks through every practical method to force delete a file that won't delete on Windows 10 and Windows 11, explains why files become stubborn in the...

Microsoft’s recent import of the familiar Linux sudo into Windows is more than a convenience — it’s a signal that the terminal experience on Windows is changing, and that choice and parity with Unix-like workflows are now first-class concerns for Microsoft. The xda-developers piece that sparked...

Hello everyone, We have the following setup: We operate across three different locations, each with local workstations. At each site, files are synchronized via OneDrive to a central computer (drive Z : ). This computer shares the synchronized files with other local devices at the same site...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tucked away among the countless cryptic folders of a typical Windows 11 installation lies a new arrival – the now-infamous ‘inetpub’ directory, a seemingly innocuous feature rolled out with the April 2025 security update. But if Windows update history is anything to go by, “innocuous” is just a...

Hi all, We have a legacy Fujitsu Server with just 4x HDD bays (4x disks) - we have 2 mirrored arrays and one of the array is small and we need to upgrade the disks with larger disks but retaining all the data inside. As far as I know the below procedure should work well: - TAKE A FULL BACKUP...