UTM's new 3D acceleration x64 graphics driver "works" in Windows 10 LTSC 2021 x64 UTM VM, but it's more unstable than the ARM64 driver tested in Windows 11 Version 21H2. You need the sanity to suffer through the flickering every few seconds and just hope it doesn't randomly BSOD.
Happy new month! To start off the new month of August, gonna be giving away a registered copy of MemTurbo 2.1 to everyone! It officially supports Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, and 2000. archive.org/details/memt...
11 years ago, Windows 10 version 1507, the first version of Windows 10 released to the public! Surprisingly, it still has somewhat decent app support to this day compared to its predecessor, Windows 8.1! Latest Firefox, Chrome, Discord, Steam working in Windows 10 version 1507!
With the recent news about Firefox's redesigned UI, surprisingly as of Firefox Nightly 155 (2026-07-28 build), it still supports macOS Catalina! This marks the third redesign for Catalina users that have seen Firefox UI designs from Photon (2017) then Proton (2021), now to Nova!
Bob Pony@bobpony.com · 3mo agoFirefox is currently the LAST major web browser to still support macOS 10.15 Catalina, a macOS version released back in 2019! 🤯 In comparison… Google Chrome dropped macOS Catalina since version 129 (August 2024) Safari dropped macOS Catalina since version 16 (September 2022)
An update, of course, an MJD moment happened. Unfortunately, others have reported issues due to NTDLL.dll using SSE4.2 instructions since later 25H2 updates. So someone added software CRC32 implementation into NTDLL.dll, a BSOD! Even changing SINGLE byte in NTDLL.dll, guess what?
Bob Pony@bobpony.com · 3w agoWindows 11 24H2+ SSE 4.2 Requirement is DEFEATED! Only works with AMD CPUs that goes up to SSE4a, due to still requiring POPCNT instruction! Couldn't get it installed on bare metal hardware as it doesn't like nForce chipsets, but it worked in a VM on it! github.com/Smu1zel/POP4.2
Remember when Microsoft released Windows 8.2 as an update to Windows 8.1 and Windows 9 “existed”. Thank you Microsoft’s Bing and Copilot Search for being truly helpful!
After testing Windows 11 Builds from 25905 (first to require POPCNT) to 26063 (last to not require SSE4.2). Windows 11 Build 25915 is the last build to work on AMD motherboards with nForce chipset. The next known build, 25921 freezes on the Windows boot screen with no throbber.
Launchbad-revived project since the last update that fixed support for macOS 27 Developer Beta 3, still works for restoring Launchpad in macOS 27 Golden Gate Developer Beta 4! Just make sure to enable the feature flag that disables Liquid Glass and of course, disable SIP too. 😉
AMI: Hey AwardBIOS, can I copy your homework? AwardBIOS: Yeah, change it up so it doesn't look obvious you've copied. AMI:
Windows 11 24H2+ SSE 4.2 Requirement is DEFEATED! Only works with AMD CPUs that goes up to SSE4a, due to still requiring POPCNT instruction! Couldn't get it installed on bare metal hardware as it doesn't like nForce chipsets, but it worked in a VM on it! github.com/Smu1zel/POP4.2
And some others think the “X” icon is the close (or dismiss) button! 🫠 X? You mean close?
Serious question: Why hasn't Microsoft modernized app installation yet? THIS IS VERY UNUSABLE AND IS TOTALLY MICROSOFT'S OWN FAULT! 🤬
Seeing some app icons stylized with the Liquid Glass design language in iOS 15 on a iPhone SE 1st generation looks so uncanny.
"Why do you keep the resolution of the environments low?" Simple, if the screenshot resolution was large (e.g, 1024 x 768), it's hard to see on devices with small screens or when someone is scrolling through their timeline. For example here's an iPhone SE 1st gen. Very easy to see, no need to zoom!
It's been 20 years since Windows 98 and Windows ME (Millennium Edition) reached end of life.
Mozilla extended support for Firefox 115 ESR, last official version for Windows 7-8.1 and macOS 10.12-10.14 to March 2027. Firefox 115 ESR is the longest supported release compared to 52 ESR (Last for Windows XP and Vista), 10 ESR (Last ESR for Win2000). whattrainisitnow.com/release/?ver...
Counter Strike 2 has recently dropped support for Windows 7 and 8.x by adding an artificial requirement to require at least Windows 10. Good news, there's a patch available made by EAZY BLACK to get CS2 working again! Online Multiplayer works too! Download: dl.bobpony.com/software/ste...
macOS 27 Golden Gate Developer Beta 3 without Liquid Glass Terminal: sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SwiftUI.plist Solarium -dict Enabled -bool false defaults write -g NSAlertGlassSolariumEnabled -bool false Reboot
The unfortunate thing about Windows 2000 is it brought forced Internet Explorer integration to the Windows Explorer shell and rewritten Add/Remove Programs as Microsoft HTML Application (.hta). Windows XP continued that trend for the User Accounts Control Panel Applet as HTA too!
Windows NT 5.0 Build 1796 is the oldest build to run 7-Zip 26.02! Don't be fooled by the icons, it's not Windows 98 with different color scheme, just a build of Windows 2000 back when it was called Windows NT 5.0 Older builds won't work due to lack of SHGetFolderPathW function.
Bob Pony@bobpony.com · last mo.7-Zip is so OP for still supporting Windows 2000... RTM (aka no service packs installed) in 2026!
7-Zip is so OP for still supporting Windows 2000... RTM (aka no service packs installed) in 2026!
PewDiePie (Felix) watches Windows XP Startup Sound slowed down to 24 hours (2016) The original video titled "How Long Can You Watch This Video" by PewDiePie was taken down sometime in 2021.
Bob Pony@bobpony.com · last mo.Ten years ago today, a master piece was uploaded to YouTube. "Windows XP Startup Sound slowed down to 24 hours", originally intended to show off YouTube had removed the duration limit for video uploads (sadly has been reinstated for new uploads since 2020). Fun fact (or not): PewDiePie watched it.
