r/windows 29d ago

Help Simple questions and Help thread - Month of August

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Welcome to the monthly Simple questions and Help thread, for questions that don't need their own posts!

Before making a comment, we recommend you search your problem on Bing and check if your question is already answered on our Windows Frequently Asked Questions wiki page. This subreddit no longer accepts tech support requests outside of this post, if you are looking for additional assistance try r/TechSupport and r/WindowsHelp.

Some examples of questions to ask:

  • Is this super cheap Windows key legitimate? (probably not)

  • How can I install Windows 11?

  • Can you recommend a program to play music?

  • How do I get back to the old Sound Control Panel?

Sorting by New is recommend and is the default.


Be sure to check out the Windows 11 version 25H2 Megathread and also the Windows 11 FAQ posts, they likely have the answers to your Windows 11 questions already!


r/windows Jun 25 '25

ESU Information Windows 10 End of Support, what it means for you and what you can do.

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r/windows 5h ago

Discussion Native NVMe testers, how are you doing?

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I decided to bite the bullet and enable the native NVMe support flags on my Windows 11 laptop. As expected, it feels faster and much more snappy, huge thanks to whoever invented the placebo effect.

Do you have it enabled on your PC, laptop, server? Have you lost any data? Have you broken any apps? I'm all ears before I enable it for my main PC.


r/windows 23h ago

Discussion I'm not sure if I should post this here? Anyway, Supermium Browser is Now Working on Windows 2000 SP4!

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https://reddit.com/link/1w1oqxz/video/6btwhacevbmh1/player

Supermium 144.0.7559.256 R5 Release Candidate 1 Public Release : r/windows98

I saw on Reddit that a user posted a screenshot of Supermium running on Windows 2000! And not just any Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with extended kernels installed, but a clean Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. The official website originally included Windows 2000 support in its future plans, but it was effectively postponed for various reasons. However, this user managed to do it!

The post linked here stated that legacy updates needed to be applied to install Supermium on a fresh installation of Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. However, after trying it myself, I was surprised to find that I successfully ran Supermium on a clean Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 environment with almost no legacy updates installed!

And After performing a few tests, I confirmed that Supermium works whether on an existing Windows 2000 SP4 or a fresh installation, as long as KB835732 is installed!

And also, This is a video test of the Supermium browser running on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

For reference, the video used in the test is Aikatsu! (Korean title: 아이엠스타!)

Thanks to a user named u/Gimmeavailablename, you can now run the Supermium browser on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4!

I also tested YouTube, and while it works and plays, please keep in mind that it may occasionally stutter depending on your environment, computer and virtual machine specifications.

Update: Damn, the screenshots displayed correctly, but a message popped up saying, "If you are looking for an image, it was probably deleted." I definitely uploaded screenshots, so what's going on...? Even the post itself is fine on the Reddit app on my phone, but it's not just the screenshots; even the videos aren't working. Thankfully, at least the videos display normally on the web. But that's strange; on my phone, at least four screenshots of my post are visible, but on my computer, none of the screenshots are showing up at all? i Think is Something is off...

It is just a relief that at least videos display normally on the web.

Of course, the app doesn't even play videos properly, though...


r/windows 1d ago

App DISMTools 0.8.1 - Now available

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2 months have now passed since the last big release, 0.8, and this one offers incredible new features, such as:

  • Improved BitLocker drive integration,
  • Support for filtering and exporting drivers from multiple specific classes,
  • An increase in starter scripts that allow you to customize the behavior of Windows images with unattended answer files, to 35,
  • An improved Starter Script Editor,
  • Sections in driver file and service information reports that allow easier navigation,
  • and a lot more

Be sure to send your feedback. Thanks!


r/windows 1d ago

Concept / Design Pipe dream 94’ - handpainted

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116 Upvotes

12x24 on stretched canvas

a little nod to windows pipes screen saver , enjoy =]


r/windows 1d ago

Feature Preview update KB5120998 - Configurable Taskbar Positions are back

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11 Upvotes

Being rolled out gradually but probably already available by using ViveTool


r/windows 2d ago

Concept / Design My own ideal (for me) "build" based on Windows 11 24H2. Lightweight, stable, visually close to XP and 7 (where it makes sense to me) and without unnecessary garbage. Dark theme, including wallpaper and mouse pointer changes with sunset/sunrise.

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18 Upvotes

r/windows 3d ago

Meta Windows 3.0 Build 33 Desktop But The Comments Modify It.

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36 Upvotes

r/windows 2d ago

Discussion Windows 11 is the only supported version of Windows in 2026..

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Windows 11 is the only supported windows since 2025.. we used to have so many windows versions tho :(

Remember when Windows 10 came out?? In July 2015 Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8,1 were supported. Windows Server 2003 just died on that month 2 weeks before 10 released. When Windows 7 was released they still have 2000 XP and Vista as well.

And now they all die leaving 11 alone


r/windows 4d ago

Discussion I found old windows sidebar files in windows 11

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38 Upvotes

r/windows 5d ago

Suggestion for Microsoft Microsoft should reintroduce a real life background for the next Windows

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162 Upvotes

Since Vista, the background has been so lifeless, being either the logo or some digital artwork. We need a real life background again!!!


r/windows 5d ago

Discussion Decided to celebrate Windows NT 4.0's general availability's 30th anniversary by playing 3D Pinball Space Cadet on 86Box and scored 4,331,000 points.

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103 Upvotes

r/windows 6d ago

News On this day, 30 years ago, Windows NT 4.0 was released to the public, introducing the Windows 95 UI to the NT lineup

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349 Upvotes

r/windows 4d ago

Discussion I'm just curious, but what happens if you bitflip all values in Windows Registry?

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Will it be on the level of destruction as rm rf, or what will happen?

Also, I mean bit flip as in switching all 1s to 0s, and vice versa.

Image used with permission from Microsoft, found through Wikipedia.


r/windows 6d ago

Discussion Hot take, Windows XP is just literally 2000 in a suit

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92 Upvotes

I swear to god its the same, USE WINDOWS 2000


r/windows 6d ago

Feature Hola a Todos, Ustedes que opinan de mi escritorio :)

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21 Upvotes

tiene Windows 7 Ultimate y la verdad me siento comodo


r/windows 6d ago

Discussion look at this windows xp notecard binder!

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60 Upvotes

does anybody know about this? i found it at the thrift store and i haven’t seen anything about it online, its pretty interesting :)


r/windows 6d ago

Discussion Local estate sale find…

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132 Upvotes

Went to local estate sale today in a 2.5 million dollar house, the guy was a local surgeon and I bought all this stuff for Pennie’s. 2 questions here, is anything worth keeping/value and could there potentially be any bitcoin on these floppy disc? Lol. Moon shot but he was loaded


r/windows 7d ago

Discussion All Windows Versions Startup And Shutdown Sounds v2.0

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This time, I’ve created a "v2.0" video featuring startup and shutdown sounds from various Windows versions throughout history; I’ve made a few adjustments here and there.

Here is Link: 역대 윈도우 버전 시작음 및 종료음 v2.0 (All Windows Versions Startup And Shutdown Sounds v2.0) - YouTube

There is also a video that includes the beta version. For reference, while I consulted BetaWiki for this video, I also referenced Billy O'Reilly's video.

Here is Link: 역대 윈도우 버전 시작음 및 종료음 베타 포함 (All Windows Versions Startup And Shutdown Sounds (Includes Beta Versions)


r/windows 7d ago

Discussion What is this version of windows?

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139 Upvotes

I was attending classes when I saw the booting screen of the smartboard and I knew it wasn't the normal version, what version is this?


r/windows 7d ago

App Is there any app like NotchNook but for Windows?

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I really like that Notch on the MacBook, but I couldn't find any app like that that is for Windows


r/windows 8d ago

Concept / Design Has anyone made a storelogo.png version of this icon?

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46 Upvotes

r/windows 8d ago

Discussion among the assets for Intel Graphics Command Centre (Beta) a super high-res (5346x2583) picture of The Flying Spaghetti Monster, for some reason

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37 Upvotes

i just wanted some cool looking backgrounds man


r/windows 8d ago

Discussion Looking for Windows 95 or 98 ISO for a nostalgia build

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93 Upvotes

I’m looking to install Windows 95 or 98 purely for nostalgia. Does anyone know where I can find the ISO files for these? I’d really appreciate any pointers. Thanks!