I’m giving away the Windows 11 Field Guide to Thurrott Premium members and making the book available on this site as individual articles.

How crazy is our world? A user experience lead from Windows 8 actually thought it was OK to publicly criticize the Windows 11 user experience. That’s ridiculous: we’re still living with the damage caused by that revolting disaster, and while the issues with the Windows 11 user experience are real, they pale in comparison to…

Happy Friday! There’s some interesting news buried in here, so let’s kick off the weekend with some great reader questions. And a bit of spelunking. New comments system feedback Because so many of you asked, we’ll probably post something more formal soon. But with a week or so of experience with the new OpenWeb comments…

Microsoft is apparently planning to name the next version of Windows 11 (22H2) the “Windows 11 2022 Update.”

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss the Windows 10 version 22H2 mystery, Windows 11, Microsoft 365, more earnings learnings, Xbox and gaming, and much more.

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss Microsoft's earnings, Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft 365, .NET Conf, Power Platform, Xbox, and so much more.

Microsoft Ignite will be held at the Seattle Convention Center on October 12-14, 2022, and the company is also planning Spotlight” events in France, Germany, Japan, Latin America, and the UK.

Many seem to be excited about tabs coming to File Explorer in Windows 11 22H2. But it’s the other changes to File Explorer that I’m concerned about: Microsoft is also making fairly major changes to File Explorer’s navigation bar and what used to be called Quick access, and I’m not sure it even understands the…

Steven Sinofsky once observed that three years is “about right” for each release of Windows. He may have been onto something if a new rumor is true: after a strange seven years of indeterminate updating, Microsoft appears to be moving back to the three-year release model again. Sort of. It used to be so easy.…

Microsoft is reportedly planning to release new major updates for Windows 11 every three years, though new minor new features may still be released throughout the year.

Happy Friday! Here is a blessedly shorter than usual Ask Paul to end this short week and get the weekend started a bit early. File Explorer bug staganyi asks: Sorry if this was asked/discussed before, but ever since upgrading to w11 22h2 build 22621.169, windows explorer is always reverting to the "group by - date…

Mikah Sargent, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss the death of Windows 8.1 and its legacy, lots of Microsoft Edge news, Xbox, and much more.

Windows 11 has a 23.1% market share in AdDuplex’s June 2022 report, which represents a 3,4% points progression in two months.

One year ago, I announced that my next book will be the Windows 11 Field Guide. That’s still true. But now it’s finally happening.

Happy Friday! And welcome to an epic edition of Ask Paul with some great reader questions to kick off the weekend a bit early. Google Fee Fi Fo Fum Lots of Google Fi questions today. Let’s dig in. drewtx asks: Google Fi. Why do you only use it when you are traveling, rather than just…

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul move into TWiT's big boy room and discuss Windows 11, Microsoft 365/cloud, Xbox, and much more.