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.
Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts
Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 Gallery: Clean Install
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- Jan 29, 2015
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Here is a screenshot gallery showing the Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 clean install process.
Microsoft Takes Office for Android Tablets Out of Preview
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 29, 2015
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Just a week after it made preview versions of Office for Android tablets available, Microsoft…
Microsoft Releases Outlook for Android and iOS
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 29, 2015
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When Microsoft purchased Acompli in December 2014, I knew the software giant had made a…
OneDrive is Delivering Major Photo Experience Improvements
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 28, 2015
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Microsoft today announced major improvements to the photos experiences in OneDrive on the web and…
Preview: Lumia Camera + Lumia Denim
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 28, 2015
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The Lumia Denim update enables you to download a new version of the Lumia camera…
Windows Phone 8.1 Calendar App Updated
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 28, 2015
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The Calendar app in Windows Phone 8.1 was just updated, which is a rare enough…
Tip: Convert Office 365 Personal to Office 365 Home for Just $9.99
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 28, 2015
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Microsoft’s bundling of an Office 365 Personal subscription with Windows 8.1 with Bing on many…
Thinking About Plex
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 27, 2015
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If you stumbled through subsequent generations of Microsoft products like Windows Home Server, Media Center,…
Xbox One Controller is Getting a Firmware Update
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 27, 2015
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Microsoft announced this week that it is rolling out a firmware update for the Xbox…
Windows 10: Desktop or No Desktop?
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 27, 2015
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At least week's Windows 10, Microsoft clearly communicated which Windows 10 devices will be able…
Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 Tip: Enable Spartan’s Rendering Engine in Internet Explorer
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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As you may know, Windows 10 will ship with two browsers: Internet Explorer for legacy…
Thinking About the Windows 10 Field Guide
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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Note: This was cross-posted from the Field Guide Books web site. If you’re not familiar with…
Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 App Focus: OneNote Preview
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 users gain access to an interesting peek at Microsoft’s coming…
First Look: HP Stream Mini
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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At CES this month, HP announced a desktop-based version of its Stream laptops. Dubbed the…
Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 Tip: Enable Tablet Mode
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 is the first pre-release version of Microsoft’s next OS to…
Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 Tip: Download the ISOs
- Paul Thurrott
- Jan 26, 2015
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If you’re using a previous build of Windows 10, you can use the PC Settings…