Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 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.

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Programming Windows: XP Reloaded (Premium)

Despite the perpetual Longhorn delays, Microsoft decided in early 2004 to forego a new version…

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Programming Windows: Reset (Premium)

In August 2004, Microsoft quietly reset Longhorn development and started over with a new codebase.…

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Programming Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Interview (Premium)

Readers will remember Todd Wanke as the guy who ran Microsoft's War Room for Windows…

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Programming Windows: Bob Muglia Interview (Premium)

In May 2004, I interviewed Bob Muglia, Microsoft senior vice president of the Windows Server…

Activision Blizzard Details How Microsoft Acquisition Started

An Activision Blizzard legal filing details how Microsoft’s Phil Spencer contacted the firm in November…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Coming to Terms with the Status Bar (Premium)

In an ideal world, .NETpad’s status bar would adapt its layout similarly to the real…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fix the Themes Bug (Premium)

Here’s another quick fix for one of the bugs in .NETpad: It doesn’t correctly identify…

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Programming Windows: Springboard (Premium)

With Longhorn delayed yet again, Microsoft started working to bring some of its core security…

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Ask Paul: February 18 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to another mammoth installment of Ask Paul with a great set…

Roku Revenues Are Up 33 Percent

Roku reported that it earned a profit of $380 million on revenues of $865 million…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fix the Maximize Bug (Premium)

Here’s a quick fix for one of the bugs in .NETpad: It doesn’t correctly remember…

Microsoft Releases .NET 7 Preview 1

Microsoft today announced the first preview release of .NET 7, along with previews of ASP.NET…

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Programming Windows: Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek Interview (Premium)

In January 2004, Joseph Jones and I interviewed Hillel Cooperman and Tjeerd Hoek, two of…

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Programming Windows: It’s Not Going to Work (Premium)

In 2004, Microsoft finally realized the inevitable: Longhorn wasn’t just running late, it was impossible.…

Quick Look: Google Chrome OS Flex

Yesterday, Google announced the first preview of its CloudReady-based project, Chrome OS Flex. So I…

New Windows 11 Experiences Are Now Available

Microsoft announced the release of some minor new Windows 11 features, two new apps, and…

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