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Paul Thurrott’s name has become synonymous with authoritative Windows coverage. With a three-decade career that traces the operating system’s evolution from Windows 3.1 to the cloud-connected present, Thurrott’s current explorations continue on Thurrott.com—a haven for in-depth Windows...

In the ever-shifting landscape of Windows news, Paul Thurrott’s latest podcast episode—Windows Weekly 921: Regret as a Service—delivers an appealing mix of cutting-edge updates, insightful analysis, and even a dash of tongue-in-cheek humor. In this episode, Thurrott and his co-hosts, Leo and...

Paul Thurrott’s latest episode of Windows Weekly—titled “Celebrity Condiments”—delivers a vibrant medley of topics that range from cutting-edge Windows Insider updates to futuristic breakthroughs in quantum computing. In this episode, Paul teams up with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell to...

Keeping your Windows system secure is a never-ending mission, and Microsoft’s Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) plays a crucial role in that effort. Released as part of the monthly Windows Update routine—or available as a standalone download—MSRT is designed to scan for and remove...

In this week's episode of Windows Weekly, titled "A Very Buxom Seal," tech gurus Leo Laporte, Richard Campbell, and Paul Thurrott dive deeply into various topics that affect Windows users today. This session covers significant updates, trends within Microsoft, new hardware releases, and software...

Have you tried to upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 without success? Well Microsoft are doing something about it according to Paul Thurrott. An update will soon be available via the update utility which will hopefully solve those issues. Read Paul's blog here which also contains links for an early...

Paul Thurrott blogs about the future for Windows and what's likely to happen in the coming months: Reference: http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015

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Link Removed due to 404 Error By Paul Thurrott Continuing a series of tips that examines upgrading from previous versions of Windows to Windows 8, I take a look at Windows Vista: Which upgrade types are supported, and what can you bring forward from this version of Windows to Windows 8? Link...

Read Paul Thurrott's article today and have to say that it is the best article I have read to date regarding Windows 8. Not a defense or even truly an explanation of the OS but rather a pointed and succinct look at what is happening with respect to the broader technology industry and how and...

By Paul Thurrott Oddly, while the Windows 8 Photos app does use the contents of the Pictures library to display local content, it doesn’t work the same way as the Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps when it comes to determining which network-based content can be displayed. Here’s a guide to what...

By Paul Thurrott With Windows 8, Microsoft is bringing a number of technologies and user experiences from the mobile world into its desktop OS for the first time, a blending of the old and then new that will confuse some users. But while some of the new mobile-based experiences in Windows 8 will...

By Paul Thurrott In the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, we see a hint of the customization capabilities that Microsoft will be adding to the final release of the product. This includes, among other things, the ability to choose between a limited handful of Start screen themes. And while we know more...

Link Removed - Invalid URL By Paul Thurrott With September 2011’s Windows 8 Developer Preview, only clean installs of the OS were supported. But with the advent of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, eager enthusiasts can now choose an in-place upgrade install as well. More...

By Paul Thurrott Rarely do Microsoft appearances at TechEd New Zealand generate this much excitement. But this week, when Microsoft principal architect Patrick Hevesi carted out a prototype quad core tablet aimed at next year’s release of Windows 8, the rumor mill went into overdrive. Here’s...

Link Removed due to 404 Error By Paul Thurrott Back when Windows 7 was still in beta, I offered up a set of Windows 7 themes around such topics as Paris, Washington D.C., and coffee, and I wrote a Feature Focus article about this technology. I’ve gotten some requests recently to re-post those...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows In this summary of the Windows 8 revelations at D9 earlier this month, I catalog what it is that Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green really revealed about Windows 8 during the talk. Here for the first time is a rundown of the new information only. ...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows In the third and concluding part of of my transcript of Steven Sinofsky's D9 appearance earlier this month, I focus on the Q & A with Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green. ... Source: Paul Thurott's SuperSite for Windows

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows When Microsoft corporate vice president Steven Sinofsky appeared at the D9 conference to unveil the Windows 8 Start screen earlier this month, I was transfixed. But the live blog from the event was lacking, and now that D9 has finally released the...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows According to BetaArchive, Windows 8 is nearing the M3 milestone, the final stop on the way to beta. And they’ve received a new leaked build of Windows 8, build 7989 (7989.winmain.110421-1285.615974c7346f7374). Here are some shots of the build, including...