Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Microsoft May Change the Windows 11 Minimum System Requirements

The drama continues. Acknowledging its terrible communication on this topic, Microsoft now says it will…

Windows 11 Build 22000.51 Screenshot Gallery

Microsoft released its first official build of Windows 11 today. Here are some shots that…

Microsoft Announces ARM64EC

Microsoft today announced ARM64EC, a new way for developers to build native apps for Windows…

Microsoft Announces Native 64-Bit Office for ARM

Microsoft today announced the public availability of the first 64-bit version of Office that runs…

Windows 11 Heads to the Insider Program

A few days earlier than I expected, Microsoft has released the first test build of…

Qualcomm Announces the Snapdragon 888 Plus

Mobile chipset giant Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G Compute Platform, an evolutionary…

Tip: Find Out Why Your PC is Incompatible with Windows 11

It’s the controversy of the year. But a new third-party tool does a much better…

Windows 11 Feature Focus: Snap Layouts

In Windows 11, Microsoft is improving the Snap window management feature yet again with new…

Windows 11 Field Guide Hero Graphic

Introducing the Windows 11 Field Guide

I turned to electronic publishing for my books almost 10 years ago to bypass the…

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TPM Outrage (Premium)

Microsoft’s “chip-to-cloud Zero Trust” security promise for Windows 11 has become instantly controversial thanks to…

Google Tweaks Search for Timely Topics

Google today announced that it will tweak Search results when a developing issue is happening…

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Ask Paul: June 25 (Premium)

With Microsoft announcing a major new version of Windows for the first time in several…

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Windows 11 is the New XP (Premium)

20 years ago, Microsoft released a new version of Windows with a fresh new user…

Cortana, Skype, More are Being Removed or Deprecated in Windows 11

Today, Microsoft revealed which familiar Windows 10 features are being removed or deprecated in Windows…

How to Get Started Testing Windows 11

If you’re interested in testing Windows 11, you’ll be able to do so starting next…

What’s New in Windows 11 for Hybrid Work

Not surprisingly, one of the big pushes with Windows 11 is the hybrid work reality…

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