Bob Pony

Bob Pony

@bobpony.com

all you’ll see is tech here, that’s all.

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Since Windows 10 Version 1803, attempting to boot the installer (aka Windows PE) on certain old CPUs such as Pentium M shows a BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL You wouldn’t believe what the culprit was… it’s REFS.sys Fix? Delete ReFS.sys ReFS driver is buggy with old CPUs without L1 cache or SSE3

NEW WORLD RECORD FOR WORST PC EVER THAT BARELY RUNS WINDOWS 11! - Windows 11 Build 29683, latest as of posting. - VIA Nano U3500, SINGLE CORE CPU at 1 GHz, supports SSE4.1 and POPCNT, NO SSE4.2 (SSE4.2 check bypassed with POP4.2) - VIAChrome9 HC3 graphics valid.x86.fr/j810u6

YouTube keeps on getting worse... First the dislike counter got removed, then the button got removed on YouTube Shorts, now the dislike button on regular YouTube videos has been moved to a menu. 🫠

Time to try out ReactOS on real actual hardware, on a Dell OptiPlex 980 from 2010! Using the nightly build from October 18th, 2026 (latest as of this posting). *finished with USB Flash Drive for transferring files* *unplugs USB flash drive* ReactOS: BSOD time! 😄

It's funny how this stuff is so old and outdated now, but it seemed new and advanced at the time.

"Windows Vista was MS's response to Apple who has Aqua 5 years earlier." No, that was Windows XP. During development, an internal Windows theme named "Candy" had a similar look to Apple's Mac OS X new visual design at the time, named Aqua. Allegedly made to test out the new Windows Themes engine.

Windows Vista was quite hated back in the day, most users downgraded from it to Windows XP due to its issues back then! Windows XP had a very high market share compared to Windows Vista. And it's not "Glass UI", it's Aero Glass and it's quite beautiful, not even close to "slop".

UPDATE: This mandatory Microsoft account requirement workaround by clicking on the tiny "Learn more" hyperlink in the Microosft account sign in page during the Windows 11 OOBE has been recently quietly patched server side. 🥀

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A new method for skipping the mandatory Microsoft Account login in Windows 11 Home Edition has been discovered... just simply click on the small Learn more hyperlink on the Microsoft Account login page.

Ever beaten a level in Peggle then the whole PC freezes? 💀

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You might've of heard video game decompilations using A I tools, but now someone vibe coded a video driver to support for NVIDIA’s GeForce 10 series (aka Pascal) to work in Windows XP, based off NVIDIA 368.81 driver, dubbed as Forceware 382.69. 😭 32-bit: github.com/SupraGSX/For...

Quite wild that Microsoft would allow Windows 11 to be shipped in this state back in 2021, the classic context menu highlight looked so bad. 🤢 Thankfully, that quirk was resolved in Windows 11 Version 22H2 aka Windows 11 2022 Update. 😅

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Windows 11 has been out for five years.

You might've of heard video game decompilations using A I tools, but now someone vibe coded a video driver to support for NVIDIA’s GeForce 10 series (aka Pascal) to work in Windows XP, based off NVIDIA 368.81 driver, dubbed as Forceware 382.69. 😭 32-bit: github.com/SupraGSX/For...

You may have heard "can it run DOOM?". But have you heard of can it run MS Paint? Not every PC can properly run MS Paint, especially when you run it in Windows 11 Version 26H2 on a PC with a CPU that lacks SSE4.2, but supports POPCNT CPU instructions that's been patched by POP4.2

"It would be funny if you could use Windows 7 on PCs with AM4." Here's Windows 7 running natively on an AMD AM5 platform! 😎

someone said: "there is one cpu that officially supports both windows 11 and windows 7" me: where did you get that source from? someone replies back: Google me: *searches on google about it* No Intel Kaby Lake (aka 7th gen) CPU released has ever officially supported Windows 7! 🤦

Not the first time Apple limited features to newer iPhones iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G got iPhone OS 3 (before renamed to iOS) didn't get the option to show the battery percentage in status bar, only exclusive to the iPhone 3GS Until iPod Touch 7th gen, there's no option to show the battery percentage

These tech YouTubers sure don't miss a beat when that new shiny iPhone comes out every year then goes into hibernation until that next shiny new iPhone is out next year, and repeats.

Chromium version 150 backported to work on Windows 2000 RTM without any updates installed, no extended kernel required! ⚠️ A CPU with at least SSE2 instruction is required! ⚠️ Keep in mind, this Chromium for Windows 2000 project is currently closed source! github.com/mjd7989/Chro...

Unironically, iOS allows you to uninstall most of built-in apps such as Calculator, Clock, Files, Apple Maps, Tips, Watch, FaceTime, Stocks, Apple Music, Mail, and even the App Store itself (in the EU region) than most what Android OEMs would allow you to uninstall built-in apps.

A new method for skipping the mandatory Microsoft Account login in Windows 11 Home Edition has been discovered... just simply click on the small Learn more hyperlink on the Microsoft Account login page.

Supermium web browser fork, currently based on Chromium version 144 backported to work on Windows 2000, no extended kernel required! Requires all updates for Windows 2000 and updated certificates installed. A CPU with at least SSE2 instruction is required. github.com/Somehowfreen...

"You wouldn't expect windows vista to support pentium 1" Windows Vista actually supports the original Intel Pentium 1, just only the motherboard needs to support ACPI.