system files

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...

Windows updates continue to keep IT professionals and enthusiasts on their toes. The latest April 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5055523) and Windows 10 (KB5055518) has introduced a curious new quirk: an empty “inetpub” folder appearing in the root of the C: drive, even on systems...

The Surprise of the Blank Directory It’s late at night, you’ve just finished a big Windows 11 update, and as you’re organizing your files, you spot it: an unfamiliar, empty folder sitting quietly on your system drive. For a moment, it seems harmless – after all, it’s empty. Yet, its existence...

An Unseen Guardian Lurking in Your System The recent buzz surrounding an enigmatic folder known as "inetpub" has drawn widespread attention among Windows enthusiasts and IT professionals alike. In the wake of the Windows 11 April 2025 Update, users began noticing an empty folder labelled...

We all know that moment—you're ready for a virtual meeting, you click on your camera app, and nothing happens. Perhaps you've seen the dreaded error messages like 0xA00F4244 or 0x200F4244. If your camera is playing hard to get in Windows 10 or 11, fear not! Microsoft has a handy guide aimed at...

If you find yourself stuck with the dreaded Windows upgrade error code 0x80070428 – 0x3001A, fret not! This error often rears its ugly head during the upgrade process to or from Windows 11. So, if your dream of a seamless operating system transition has turned into a nightmarish hassle, we’ve...

In the most recent update for Windows 11, Microsoft has quietly rolled out KB5041980, a recovery environment update specifically designed for version 24H2 of the operating system. This release comes at an opportune time, enhancing the functionality of the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and...

Is your once-speedy PC now moving slower than a snail? Many Windows users share this frustrating experience. Fortunately, identifying the culprits behind your PC's sluggish performance is the first step to restoring its efficiency. This article explores ten common reasons for slow performance...

New member here, first post. Would like some help/advice with the above. The update downloads, and installs to the restart required. Restart first displays the "working on updates" blue-screen, but at 6% progress, commences to close and reboot. (Normally this reaches the 30% progress point??)...

I sometimes watch videos like deleting the program files folder, setting date to crazy big values and breaking win 11/10 every other possible way. In many cases modern windows starts slowly transforming into win 7/XP. Like alt-tab menu from XP, task manager from 7 and other weird things I wonder...

I've made a mistake on a cpu that has both windows 10 and 7 in different partitions. I was moving files between partitions and ended up moving windows operation system's files. Now I can't startup neither with windows 10 or 7 Is there a way to chose with windows to startup by using the dos system?

I cannot open PDF files in Foxit Reader because of apparently a problem with file ODBC32.dll in the Windows System folder, error 0xc000012f. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the program but the same result. I tried installing Adobe Acrobat Reader but it will not install. I thought I could...

Error in Windows 10 Class Not Registered issue is annoying and frustrating. When you receive error in Windows 10 Class Not Registered then you will get a bluish screen with the error code. At times error in Windows 10 Class Not Registered may also cause your PC to freeze. Such errors occur when...

I unlocked and deleted "windows.applicationmodel.dll" how do i fix it? It has black screen and i cant do anything, i tried to fix it with some youtube tutorials (the file was in the system 32 file) that was in the local disk

Learn how to run a disk cleanup in Windows 10 including deleting temporary and system files to free up disk space. Continue reading...

I have all my files on an external disc, D. I only use C for system files. I have activated ”Säkerhetskopia” , I guess ”Backup” in English. Säkerhetskopia is ordered to backup on another external disc, G. The size of D is 377 GB. The size of the backup on G is 1,67 TB, and rapidly increasing...

Hi, when I make a recovery drive on usb on my desktop it is 16GB in size. When I make a recovery drive on usb for a Lenovo laptop the drive is only 524MB in size. Both are for the same latest version of Windows 10 and I clicked copy system files in both cases. How would the Lenovo recovery of...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.572 (KB4579311) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following fixes and improvements: We fixed an issue with a possible elevation of...

Just like in the title. I have my Windows 10 installed on the SSD, but when I unplug HDD I can't run the computer. On top of that, in the boot menu I need to have HDD as the first boot option, because if not, the system just doesn't find the OS. And yes, I can find the system files on my SSD.

-SP1 has no entries anywhere, so can't be uninstalled -can't reinstall SP1 again Can I just remove a file or a registry key to make it think i don't have it (so that it overwrites existing files)?