diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e53205666f..1b4becc4a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+### Changed
+
+- Don't use windows legacy terminal support when ctypes is not available.
+
 ## [14.2.0] - 2025-10-09
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 4b04786b9c..2089260779 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [Ed Davis](https://github.com/davised)
 - [Pete Davison](https://github.com/pd93)
 - [James Estevez](https://github.com/jstvz)
+- [Jeong, YunWon](https://github.com/youknowone)
 - [Jonathan Eunice](https://github.com/jonathan-3play)
 - [Aryaz Eghbali](https://github.com/AryazE)
 - [Oleksis Fraga](https://github.com/oleksis)
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index 994adfc069..86ae13cea0 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ def get_windows_console_features() -> "WindowsConsoleFeatures":  # pragma: no co
 
 def detect_legacy_windows() -> bool:
     """Detect legacy Windows."""
+    try:
+        import ctypes  # noqa: F401
+    except ImportError:
+        # No ctypes doesn't mean no legacy windows,
+        # but legacy windows mode requires ctypes, so we force it off.
+        return False
     return WINDOWS and not get_windows_console_features().vt