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This is a stripped down Windows 10 operating system based on Build 1511 – 10586 (a.k.a November Update or TH2). The minimum system requirements remain, as expected, the same, although this custom version of Windows should run faster than the original due to the number of changes made, which are listed below
This is the second version, the version that supports 32-bit processors. There is also the first 64-bit version on my profile.
*** IMPORTANT NOTE: WHEN YOU GET TO THE QUICK SETUP SCREEN, CHOOSE TO CUSTOMIZE SETTINGS, THEN DISABLE EVERYTHING TO RUN WINDOWS ***
System requirements
•Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor with NX/PAE
SSE2 (if Windows 8 worked, this will work too)
•RAM: 1 GB for 64-bit (only 512 MB is technically required)
• Hard disk space: 20 GB
•Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later
Changes and information (the most important, anyway):
-Removed most Metro apps except Edge, Store and Calculator
-Removed most non-essential drivers (like graphics, printers, network)
These will need to be downloaded and installed manually depending on each computer’s specifications
– Some accessibility elements have been removed
-Removed speech and Cortana support
-Removed search (search bar in explorer still works)
– Windows Media Player has been removed
-Enabled Windows Photo Viewer to be used instead of the “Photos” metro app, although images will open in Paint first until the user changes the default app to Windows Photo Viewer.
-Hibernation disabled
-Page file disabled
-Firewall removed (although in some cases it can appear while using a program, and the service was not removed because it is essential)
-Windows Update hasn’t been removed yet, no guarantee it works as I always disable it via services.msc (you still need to have it enabled to install apps from the Store)
– Store apps should work fine, however…
-Store games stopped working (couldn’t figure out why). Non-UWP games (CS:GO for example) should still work, given that you’ll have updated drivers