r/Windows10 • • 14d ago

Official News Cumulative Updates: October 13th, 2026

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Hey all - changelists are up*, linking here for your convenience:

Please see here for details about Windows 10 ESU: Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program - Microsoft Support. If you're transitioning over to Windows 11, looking forward to seeing you over on the Windows 11 subreddit :)

General info:

  • For a list of known issues, please refer to the dashboard here.
  • For details about feedback, and how to capture traces if needed, see here. Pressing WIN + F will open the Feedback Hub

r/Windows10 • • 1d ago

Concept / Design Windows 10 22h2 Pro made to look almost 1:1 like windows 7

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I also took my time to brand some other stuff and install software of the time and made it look of the era.


r/Windows10 • • 2d ago

Humor WinGet - So close, but did not win the "get"

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4 Upvotes

https://imgur.com/a/rxc6k4I

Sometimes won't update because it can't find the version number of the installed program.

Or the "install technology" has changed, and must be manually removed and reinstalled. Could theoretically be that old was a manual exe or msi or whatever install and so WinGet can't update that. But then why even list it in the WinGet listing?


r/Windows10 • • 3d ago

Feature Did you know that you can find all the default wallpapers in windows 10

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63 Upvotes

You can actually find all the default windows 10 wallpapers by opening file explorer and going to "C:\Windows\Web

pretty cool right


r/Windows10 • • 3d ago

Discussion Can I add a button to "Save As" menu to save to clipboard? Or at least save to a virtual drive that pipes everything to clip.exe?

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2 Upvotes

r/Windows10 • • 4d ago

Discussion Wtf is a Windows phone 10

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61 Upvotes

r/Windows10 • • 4d ago

App Multi-booting Windows 1.01 to Windows 10 on a non-Intel/AMD laptop

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Around this time last year, I worked on a similar project but with a standard Intel-based PC. Everything went quite smoothly so this time I want to challenge myself a bit-and it’s also a way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Windows XP.

Many of you might wonder how a laptop that doesn't use an Intel or AMD chip can possibly have such broad compatibility. Well, if you’ve ever looked into the history of the x86 architecture you’ll find that besides Intel and AMD there were several other companies that also produced x86 chips tho but in much smaller quantities. Notable among them is VIA Technologies which holds x86 licenses acquired through its purchase of Cyrix and Centaur, the two companies that had entered into cross-licensing agreements with Intel in the late 90s.

And what I have here is the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC powered by VIA C7-M, the last x86 32 bit CPU that was made by a third party. It’s a bit of a shame that it’s a 32 bit CPU meaning the laptop can’t run Windows XP x64 or Windows 11. But in any case, 15 versions of Windows from 1.01 to 10 can certainly be considered a success to me.

The big improvement over the previous project is using Grub4dos bootloader instead of Xfdisk. This allows for direct loading the boot file of each Windows partition, bypassing the intermediate steps such as bootmgr→ntldr→io.sys that were previously required. Overall, the laptop runs stably but it still has some quirks that are unique to this one. You can check out the details of my experience in the video below: 

 Showcase video

Here are the specs for my laptop:

• CPU: VIA C7-M 1.6GHz

• iGPU: VIA S3 Chrome 9 HC

• Chipset: VIA CN896+VT8237S

• RAM: 2GB DDR2

• Storage: 160GB HDD SATA 2 (IDE mode)

• Display: 8.9 inches WXGA (1280x768)

• Wifi: WLAN 802.11; Bluetooth 2.0


r/Windows10 • • 5d ago

Discussion Best multimedia player for music on Windows in 2026?

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12 Upvotes

I know vlc is the best player for video but what about MP3 and AVI files ?

Should I use VLC or the native Windows player?

Or is there a must-have application, something that’s considered the gold standard, much like VLC is for video but specifically for audio formats?


r/Windows10 • • 9d ago

Discussion It's been a while since I saw this screeen.

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124 Upvotes

It's been a while since I saw the Windows 10 update screen. I didn't know that the security updates were extended to Oct, 2027. Guess I'm a few weeks late to this news.

PSA: You have to enroll (for free) to get the extended updates.

Why can't they continue these updates without this extra step.


r/Windows10 • • 11d ago

Concept / Design why did they change the original hero background?

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167 Upvotes

i mean come on the old one is so much better


r/Windows10 • • 11d ago

Concept / Design Windows 10 (64bit) on 156MB of RAM

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Based on Windows 10 LTSC 2021 64-bit. I did manage 146MB but that required not having sound/bluetooth/firewall etc at all. This one can do pretty much whatever regular windows 10 can do (except windows store). UWP apps are work-in-progress.

UPDATE: here be video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSPrVHJb_8U


r/Windows10 • • 12d ago

Discussion Question to Windows users who've used Linux - what Linux distro. would you recommend?

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154 Upvotes

All the Linux users I ask are recommending me impractical minimal builds with no display driver cause "its bloat".... (image just cause there has to be one)


r/Windows10 • • 12d ago

News “674 million paid views, and still nobody wants Windows 11”: Microsoft’s massive YouTube campaign to get Windows 10 users to buy new PCs is not going well

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r/Windows10 • • 12d ago

App do you know about it?

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0 Upvotes

windows 10 ltsc 2019 have windows 7 calculator


r/Windows10 • • 12d ago

Discussion What if Windows 11 had never been released, and Windows 10 had remained the final version of Windows?

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379 Upvotes

This suddenly came to mind, so I decided to write it down, what do you think would happen if things had been this way?

Edit: Ah, of course, I was just imagining what would happen if Windows 11 never came out, and Windows 10 remained the last Windows version while still receiving feature updates etc. 🙂


r/Windows10 • • 13d ago

News So the NT 10 kernel is the only base going forward. End of an era.

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391 Upvotes

r/Windows10 • • 14d ago

Feature My Windows 10 still receive an update?

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103 Upvotes

r/Windows10 • • 14d ago

News NVIDIA is ending Game Ready Driver updates for Windows 10

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193 Upvotes

For anyone still using Windows 10, NVIDIA will release its last Game Ready Driver for Windows 10 in October 2026. After that, you'll only get security updates every three months until October 2029.

Your current drivers will still work, but you won't get new Game Ready Driver updates anymore.


r/Windows10 • • 14d ago

Discussion Rank Start Menu Layout

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49 Upvotes

r/Windows10 • • 16d ago

Discussion Can i downgrade it to Windows 10

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54 Upvotes

I have a Dell 15 Dc15250 and it has Windows 11 but can i downgrade it to Windows 10 without losing any data?


r/Windows10 • • 16d ago

Discussion is atlas os is the best windows 10 custom os

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when it comes to pure gaming (idc about security features it isnt for daily drive...my brother wants to play roblox on 9 years old laptop -lenovo x1 yoga gen 1 so im thinking about installing this.any thoughts?prorities:stability and smoother gameplay


r/Windows10 • • 16d ago

Discussion After 2 decades of being a windows fan, I am finally retiring my last windows device.

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110 Upvotes

This is not a clickbait post (might be a rant tho). I have always been a fan of Microsoft products. I owned Lumia, windows laptop, desktop. Contributed to the communities. Hell I still get messages from people on Reddit who thank me for my comment solving a bug on windows 10.

It no longer makes sense for me to keep on investing in Windows. I already had moved away to MacBook 5 years back as my developer machine. But I still kept windows machine to play games and do random stuffs. With that machine nearing to an end, and the graphics cards being so expensive, I no longer think its affordable to keep using Windows to play games or use it as a work machine. I should perhaps get a gaming console instead while using Mac as primary.

It genuinely hurts to come to a stage like this. Microsoft does not seem to care at all.


r/Windows10 • • 18d ago

News Microsoft: Outdated Windows devices will stop receiving security updates

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Hopefully Windows 10 is still covered?


r/Windows10 • • 22d ago

Discussion How is this effect achieved?

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24 Upvotes

Is this the original Windows Start menu? If not, just let me know. I also asked the original creator, but he didn’t reply. I didn’t want to make things awkward, so I didn’t ask him again. Thank you!
----ChatGPT Translate


r/Windows10 • • 25d ago

Discussion Modificar valores de RAM

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Buenas gente una consulta, tengo proce que tiene gráfica integrada pero tengo conectada la grafica, osea que no deberia destinar memoria para los gráficos integrados, aun así me sigue apareciendo el cartel ese de ram utilizable, como hago para activar el 100% de la ram y que me salga 32GB ?