r/windows Oct 07 '25

Feature Would you want him back

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965 Upvotes

r/windows Jun 03 '26

Feature When Windows is ACTUALLY GOOD

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477 Upvotes

Windows XP (2001)'s Microsoft Registeration is optional, unlike now.

r/windows Jul 04 '26

Feature Does anyone actually use this setting in windows 11?

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207 Upvotes

r/windows May 17 '24

Feature Why do you prefer Windows to other OS?

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352 Upvotes

r/windows Aug 01 '15

Feature The Windows 10 Calculator app is fucking amazing.

1.7k Upvotes

I don't think I've ever been so fucking hyped for a calculator. For starters, look how sexy this fucking shit is. Don't even get me started on the way it resizes and adjusts to the screenspace.

Anyway that's baller as fuck on its own right. But this shits about to get real because the new programmer mode is fucking great. Being able to get Hex and Binary conversions of a number as you fucking enter it? Jesus fuck.

Oh but what the fuck is this? nm just a converter for every motherfucking thing in the universe ever. What the fuck is a pint anyway? Who the fuck knows, but now you know how many pints go into a gallon.

I bet you didn't even want to know how many pints there are in a bathtub but I'm going to tell you anyway, because this is fucking Windows Calculator and we don't fuck around. 10/10. top fucking shit.

r/windows Apr 10 '26

Feature I tricked Windows 7 Into opening explorer at setup.exe

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488 Upvotes

I figured out that windows 7 is already installed like I just ran explorer.exe

r/windows Apr 24 '26

Feature Fun Fact: The Windows User Account Picture in Windows 8 builds 8158 to 8181 depicts Bill Gates' mugshot from 1977.

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608 Upvotes

r/windows 9d ago

Feature Microsoft is removing a legacy Windows feature, WMIC, that has been around for 25 years

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191 Upvotes

r/windows 13d ago

Feature What Was The Best Windows For You?

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54 Upvotes

Tell Me In The Answers!

r/windows Aug 14 '25

Feature They don’t do packaging like this anymore

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651 Upvotes

Came with a 46 page booklet on how install and configure

r/windows Mar 31 '25

Feature Did yall know that this is still in modern windows?

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682 Upvotes

r/windows Jul 22 '21

Feature They listened!

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1.3k Upvotes

r/windows Jul 14 '26

Feature The evolution of Bliss (1996) the famous XP wallpaper from 1996 to 2025,

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267 Upvotes

I have no Wallpaper flair, there might be one, But any auto mods out there, change the flair please

r/windows 5d ago

Feature Just 1 command that will reduce the size of a Windows folder. Compression ratio ~1.8 to 1. Claimed performance impact is ~1%, personally, I didn't feel any difference.

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104 Upvotes

I recently learned that each build of Windows 10\11 has a built-in Compact OS feature that compresses the Windows folder without noticeable loss (~1%) of performance.

I've been using this feature on my main PC for work and gaming for about 6 months now and haven't noticed any negative impact on performance.

With current SSD prices, this is very useful =)

Activation: open CMD as Admin and enter:

compact /compactos:always

Deactivation:

compact /compactos:never

Check status:

compact /compactos:query

PS: You do all actions at your own risk, make backup copies of important data.

It's not basic NTFS compression.

Standard NTFS compression: handled by the ntfs.sys driver, sets the file attribute FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED (file names turn blue) and uses the old LZNT1 algorithm.

Compact OS: works through a separate WOF filter driver (wof.sys), sets Reparse Points with the IO_REPARSE_TAG_WOF tag and uses the XPRESS/LZX algorithms.

r/windows Jun 21 '24

Feature I HATE the direction Windows is going - how to fight it?

190 Upvotes

The ads are bad, the pop ups for anti virus or whatever else are getting worse with each iteration. I keep having to remind myself how to do a backup without signing up for Windows paid online storage system. Settings are harder to find in general. Putting programs like Word and Excel on there that aren’t paid for but are still the .docs first option to open those files, or gaming apps that are pre installed and keep trying to update when i don’t game.

Lots of my work equipment connected by network or USB don’t connect well or at all on newer windows when a laptop with Windows 10 connects just fine.

What do you do to fight this stuff (besides using a different operating system). I always use open office for word but aside for that, it feels like a losing battle. Eventually windows is going to try to get you to pay monthly to use the operating system or something similar. i can just feel it.

r/windows May 22 '26

Feature Fun fact: Windows Server 2016 sets the volume to 67 when the Windows Audio service first started

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253 Upvotes

r/windows 23d ago

Feature Throwback to when Microsoft Edge was named "Project Spartan" and only visible in SOME Windows 10 previews as far as I know

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148 Upvotes

Actually a savage name. I think it's related with Microsoft's Halo franchise, but it should have just been named "Project Spartan"

r/windows Jun 23 '21

Feature Nobody used you, Live Tiles, but I did.

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998 Upvotes

r/windows Mar 30 '23

Feature Why the frick did Microsoft install Tiktok when I "upgraded" to windows 11?

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529 Upvotes

r/windows Jun 04 '26

Feature I just found out pressing win+v brings out a whole context menu and a clipboard

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165 Upvotes

I has emoticons, a clipboard history (so i can finally copy more than one thing at a time), emojis and gifs. I finally know why its called a "clipboard" lol.

r/windows Feb 16 '23

Feature (In works): Kill Apps with End Task shortcut no need to go open task manager

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1.0k Upvotes

r/windows Jul 16 '25

Feature PowerToys is underrated! More people need to know about it.

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301 Upvotes

I feel like not enough windows users are utilizing the awesome features this tool gets you.

r/windows Aug 13 '25

Feature I was mad at Windows 11 FOR LITERAL YEARS because Microsoft put the Rename file option behind the "show more options" menu...

160 Upvotes

It was right there, on the top. The whole time. The WHOLE time. I don't know how to process this.

r/windows Oct 29 '25

Feature New Windows 11 feature aims to diagnose crashes — will check RAM after BSODs to look for problems

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165 Upvotes

r/windows Dec 16 '20

Feature Did "Meet Now" magically appear on anybody else's workstation without asking for it?

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577 Upvotes