Posted on 04/12/2025 2:05:24 PM PDT by Openurmind
Microsoft released security updates for Windows 11 and other company products earlier this week. If you have installed the security update on a Windows 11 PC, you may have noticed something peculiar after the mandatory restart.
After opening the root of drive C in File Explorer, you may have stumbled upon the inetpub folder, a newly created folder. The creation date and time of the folder aligns with the installation of the update. When you open it, you will notice that it is empty.
Update: Microsoft says here that the folder is created intentionally and that it should not be deleted. Reason: "This behavior is part of changes that increase protection and does not require any action from IT admins and end users".
Microsoft made no mention of the folder in the changelog, and it may not be clear immediately why the folder was created.
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In any event, the inetpub folder is not protected. You can remove it by right-clicking on it and selecting delete, or by selecting the folder and tapping on the delete key on the keyboard. Note that Microsoft advises against this.
Considering that the cause of the creation of the folder is unclear at this point, it is possible that it may reappear at a later point in time, for instance after installation of the next security update for Windows 11.
Microsoft’s “explanation” is no explanation at all. Question: How does the presence of an empty directory “increase protection”? Answer: It doesn’t.
Bottom line is, not even Microsoft can tell us why C:\inetpub was added to computers. All they’ve done is to admit they put it there.
(Excerpt) Read more at ghacks.net ...
Update...
Task Manager indicated a new app process - “Microsoft Teams” - and I disabled from the Start-Up process.
However, no noticeable improvement in memory leak.
On Monday, I uninstalled the app and the memory improved close to pre-H24 update. It appears, even though disabled from start-up, it was still running in background & draining memory.
Thanks to both of you for your help & suggestions!
Thank you for sharing what you found! This might help others in the future. It appears MS changed out the app with a newer version. It is a cross platform peer collaboration app. And looks like it comes already “on” by default. So it is probably using resources while “listening” and “refreshing” for new messages.
This is also a resource problem with website chat applications that use “Ajax” and refresh constantly also.
Sound right dayglored?
Here is one that baffles me...
“Get the Microsoft Teams progressive web app on Linux”
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app
Umm no... There are a bunch of open source cross platform apps just like it which are not MS, why the heck would Linux users even do that? :)
Microsoft Teams is, depending on your viewpoint and needs, a) a very useful professional-level corporate communications program, or b) a freakin' viral resource hog. The fact that Win11 has started auto-loading it at startup is annoying as hell.
Good find.
Yep.
> “Get the Microsoft Teams progressive web app on Linux” https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app Umm no... There are a bunch of open source cross platform apps just like it which are not MS, why the heck would Linux users even do that? :)
I have to run Teams for my company communications. On Win11, I use the native app, that's its natural habitat and it runs best there. On Mac, the native app is pretty good; or you can run in a browser (Chrome works better than Firefox). On Linux, I only use a browser (Chrome).
The MS Linux download page you linked is 2-1/2 years old now, the PWA is largely discredited. Beware, I had nothing but trouble when I tried it back then.
“Beware, I had nothing but trouble when I tried it back then.”
Thank you!
Well as you know... All Linux here so nothing MS will cross contaminate this box... I can’t believe Linux users would even entertain such a concept... :)
My company does gov't work so we use the FedRAMP approved services (such as MS O365 GCCHigh) rather than the commercial ones, and we are constrained to use the FedRAMP approved version of Microsoft Teams for all our intra-company communications.
Honestly, it's okay, I don't love it, I tolerate its limitations and idiosyncrasies, but overall it's functional enough for what I/we need to do.
I have Teams native app in Win11, and use Chrome browser to access it from Mac and Linux. They all work acceptably. The native Windows app is, unsurprisingly, the smoothest and most functional. My company base hardware is a Win11 laptop, so I let the native app launch at boot, resource hog or otherwise. Mac is its own laptop (MacBook Pro). Linux is an Ubuntu VM running in Hyper-V on the Win11 laptop, and that's where I do 90% of my work.
It's a pretty rich environment to work in. I enjoy it, at least most of the time. :-)
So the Linux and Chrome browser basically sees it as an API?
I don't know if it looks like an API or what to the browser. I suspect it's just a very full-featured interactive webpage. It does some pretty slick stuff from within the browser -- full bi-directional audio for calls, video from other people's cameras, pop-out windows for screen sharing, etc. The only feature I wish it had is multiple tabs so I don't have to keep switching contexts in the same window. The only way to do that is to login in another browser, which is annoying.
And I don't know what all is going on under the covers....
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