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Last Windows update creates C:\inetpub
- rekttrader 2y agoNow every computer is a web server, and as a bonus you run IIS.
- olyjohn 2y agoIIS came with Windows years ago. I think it was even an optional component in Windows 98.
- DrillShopper 2y agoIt was a terrible idea then and it remains a terrible idea now.
- mepian 2y agoYeah, the component was called "Personal Web Server", I poked it recently in 86Box.
- acuozzo 2y agoThis is the case with OpenBSD. It doesn't come with Apache turned on by default, of course, but it's a part of the base install as httpd.
- icepush 2y agoThe apache based httpd was removed and briefly (For two releases I think?) replaced with an nginx one, and is now a custom written web server.
- acuozzo 2y agoDidn't they fork Apache 1.x?
- dvektor 2y agoat least we all know what apache is, what it does and doesn't do, when it's running and how to start/stop/remove it :) god knows what a microsoft webserver is doing.
- mschuster91 2y agoGood god. And Microsoft wonders why people are so reluctant to install updates or upgrade to Windows 11. MS, get your shit in order, and stop forcing AI slop, advertising and untested updates down our throats.
- akimbostrawman 2y agoWhy would they care. Like with every profit maximizing enshitification change since the end of 7 user will forget about it after a week of complaining instead of switching to alternatives. At this point it's the 5 stages of a new windows version.
- olyjohn 2y agoI haven't used Windows in years. But one of the main things that pushed me away was how they constantly just shit all over your hard drive. I used to keep a really, really clean Windows filesystem, but I wasn't able to keep it up after I started getting tons of folders called C:\fli32uf09823f0u32fj3209f8u. Total disrespect to your users. Don't get me started on the services control panel. Where it used to be clear what was running and what wasn't. Now the whole OS just looks like Malware.
- luckman212 2y agoAgree 100% Quick... "AarSvc_86dfc" service- malware or not?
- stronglikedan 2y agoAfter multiple decades of using Windows almost exclusively, I have never seen a folder named like that in the root of any drive, which leads me to conclude that your problem was cause by malware rather than Windows.
- windexh8er 2y agoGoing to go out on a limb and say that you must use it in a vacuum. I only have used Windows over the last decade in VMs and have seen this often with Windows tooling and updates. A quick search on the topic will confirm a lot of end users have experienced this sloppy system maintenance by Microsoft. [0] [0] https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-random-folders-created-after-windows/cc033042-39a5-4d8b-b36e-a67c4d1464b3 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/window...
- on_the_train 2y agoSome manager just had to use the opportunity to pull some bullshit
- therein 2y agoDon't be surprised if Microsoft deploys a Tailscale-like setup to implicitly stay connected to a fleet of Windows machines and then use this IIS setup to exfiltrate CoPilot logs when CoPilot receives a prompt and locally decides you are doing bad things.
- DeathArrow 2y agoSo what are we serving?
- threesevenths 2y agoI’d be willing to bet some internet karma that this was a simple mistake during packaging and an errant folder create was accidentally included. I’d be incredibly surprised if any IIS components are activated by this update or if anything beyond the folder existing is out of the ordinary for the system.
- bastard_op 2y agoThis sounds like some marketing stunt so microsoft can claim to be the most widely deployed website in the world, mostly by virtue of it installing itself to every windoze 11 desktop like most malware/potentially unwanted programs (pup). It wouldn't be the first time they pull some shenanigans like that such as when they paid GoDaddy to switch their web parking from Apache to IIS circa 2005, and suddenly IIS was the most-used web server across (mostly parked) domains on the internet overnight as their marketing team quickly disseminated.
- kotaKat 2y ago> This sounds like some marketing stunt so microsoft can claim to be the most widely deployed website in the world If we wanted to play semantics like that Microsoft can technically claim one of the world's largest hypervisor deployments by sheer number of Xbox Ones and above all running Hyper-V in the living room? ;)
- pentagrama 2y agoFor anyone else who didn’t know (like me): > inetpub is a system folder on Windows that gets created when you install IIS (Internet Information Services) — which is Windows’ built-in web server.
- Grum9 2y ago[dead]
- matttproud 1y agoIIS: Talk about a throwback.