Windows Weekly

Episode 1... introducing Paul, the real Vista ship date, Windows security, the new Office ribbon, and more.

On this episode Paul and I converse about what's new in Vista, and what's missing, Microsoft's compatibility shivs, and Amazon's nightmare movie store...

On this episode Paul and I converse about Vista's end-user license agreements, IE7, and XP Service Pack 3. And we explain why sometimes a shim is also a shiv.

On this episode Paul and I converse about Build 6000, Vista Express Upgrades, the Motion Desktop, Windows Media Player 11, and product nightmares with Dell and Apple.

Microsoft fixes a last minute showstopper, Vista goes to manufacture, and we have a launch date!

Choosing the right machine for Vista, the new Windows shell, and a look at the Zune...

For Craig Ferguson's entire "Zune is Crackalacken" routine from CBS's Late Late Show, visit You Tube.

Paul says Vista is changing the way he uses his computer, talks about Data Execution Protection, Vista FUD, and Microsoft's long range Zune plans...

Vista content protection, Windows Mobile 5, and the Zune....

A look at Bill Gates CES keynote as compared to Steve Jobs's presentation at MacWorld.

Paul's new book, piracy stats, and upgrade pricing announced...

Paul, Brian, and I met up in Manhattan on the day of the Vista launch. We talk about the launch event, the lines at stores to buy Vista, what you get in the retail package, the Microsoft goodie bag, and, of course, their new book, Windows Vista Secrets.

The next version of Windows, beta releases for WHS and Dreamscene, and early Vista sales figures...

Jensen and Jacob talk about Office 2007 and its radically new user interface...

Vista, five years and out, a new `activation crack, and the problem with online calendars..

David Caulton, Zune team member since 2005, welcomes us to The Social.

OneCare doesn't, iTunes does - kind of, and Paul loves the PS3...

The EU slogs on, Sony's eBook Reader, and Vista is a bestseller...

Paul and I take questions live on Talkshoe.com.

Vista's first critical vulnerability, an Xbox360 software update, and the end of XP...

Microsoft takes on Adobe, speeds up Outlook, and shrinks Live...

We identify the ghost in last week's show, welcome the first beta of Windows Longhorn, and compare Apple's earnings and market share to Microsoft's...

Using an Xbox HD-DVD on a PC and upgrading Vista....

Intel's Santa Rosa, the new Hotmail, and an Xbox update...

WinHEC fails to inspire, PDC fails entirely, and Microsoft spreads a little FUD...

Touching Microsoft's Surface, Gates and Jobs make nice, and 1 million Zunes sold... not!

Google complains, Microsoft caves, and the Zune is still on track to sell a million...

Google vs. Microsoft, Vista security, Xbox failure, and the Dell rebound...

Vista Ultimate Extras and XBox 360 failures...

Vista SP-1 rumors debunked, Home Server is out, and why OneCare isn't as bad as reported...

Paul and I talk about the week's Windows news, including Microsoft's astounding US$3B profit this quarter, and take live calls via Talkshoe.com.

Hotmail changes, Skype outages, and our software picks...

The WGA fiasco, service pack announcements for XP and Vista, and Server 2008...

Microsoft's stealth update, Vista media extenders, and the Sun freezes over...

Microsoft loses a big one, Halo 3 is nearly here, and Stephen Fry gets his geek on...

Paul's back with news about WHS, Zune, and Vista SP-1...

Leopard vs Vista and developments in the online music space...

We talk with Ed Bott about his extensive rebuttal of Peter Guttman's Vista DRM critique from earlier this year.

Paul and Leo review the new Zune 2.

Paul's take on the Kindle, Asus vs OLPC, and the best games of the year....

Inside Windows Live with Dave Fortin, GM Windows Live Marketing...

The release candidates are here, changes to WGA, XP vs Vista speed...

Vista sells 100 million - but it should be much more.

Ward Ralston, group technical product manager for Windows Server 2008...

Paul reviews the "Crapfest Electronics Show": Bye-Bye HD-DVD, WHS Power Pack, FIOS, the OLPC and Eee PC and more...

The MacBook Air, an iPhone update, Leo’s NY Times site, Apple TV2 vs. Xbox Live, Office: Mac 2008, Windows 7 and Dell (PRODUCT) RED...

Microhoo, the red ring of death, and why Vista sales aren't as slow as they seem...

Vista SP1 is on MSDN, Yahoo! flees Murdoch, AppleTV v2, comparing online photos sites, and more...

Microsoft opens Windows, sorry AMD, and buh-bye HD-DVD...

The latest from Microsoft's MIX08 conference...

The Vista memos, bugs in Windows Home Server, and RedFly...

Where's my XP Service Pack? Intel's Classmate, and Safari vs Firefox...

SP1, SP3, and Safari...

A Windows 7 preview FWIW, is Windows collapsing under its own weight, and Microsoft admits UAC was designed to annoy users...

Microsoft introduces Mesh, the Service Packs are here, and new Ultimate extras....

Mary Jo Foley, author of "Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era."

Slipstreaming SP-3, the state of the Vista union, and Celio's Redfly...

Service packs, Xbox 360 vs. PS3, Small Business Server, and more.

Office formats go open, Napster drops DRM, and using Google docs...

Sinofsky, release timeline, multi-touch, MinWin, and more.

Splitting up Windows, Microsoft?s online branding mess, IE 8 Beta 2, and more.

iPhone, Home Server, Yahoo vs. Icahn, Firefox 3, Olympic video with Silverlight, and more.

Firefox 3, Microsoft advertising, MSN Music, Lotus Symphony, your taskbar, and more.

Gates goeth gracefully, Microsoft innovation through time, hacking your life, and more.

Windows 7, XP moseys, IE8, Equipt, SmartScreen, Wireless Migrator, Digsby, and more.

The iPhone 3G, 2.0 and App Store, Media Center update, Microsoft cloud, and more.

iPhone 3G's MobileMe, 2.0 and App Store, Live Mesh, Xbox 360, Yahoo, and more.

Microsoft re-orgs - ding dong the witch is dead, Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is out, and Microsoft bites the Apple....

Mojave Experiment, Forrester schizophrenia, x64, Windows Live Calendar, Live vs. Cuil, and more.

Zune abroad, Windows Mobile vs. iPhone, Vista stupidity, Windows 7, Olympics, and more.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Windows Not Walls, new Hotmail, Windows Live Video Message, and more.

Google Chrome, set-top box wars, Xbox 360 price cuts, PicasaWeb, and more.

Paul's trip to the Emerald City, Zune 3, Live Mesh, Windows 7, Microsoft Surface, and the latest Seinfeld ad.

Windows 7 M3, Zune 3, Windows Live Wave 3, renaming multiple files, and more.

I'm a PC ads, Windows Live Wave 3, and a love letter to the Zune 3...

Windows 7, Windows Cloud OS, Office Live, Hyper-V Server, Virtual Machine Manager, and more.

Richard Campbell is filling in for Paul this week. He joins us from .Net Rocks and Run as Radio. Windows 10 device blow-out is next week on October 6th, MS revamping how it report its financials, Microsoft Apps and Plats news, Azure Data Lake, and whiskey pick of the week!

Paul and Mary Jo live from New York with their thoughts on the Microsoft hardware event. The announcement included HoloLens, Microsoft Band, Lumia 950 and 950 XL, Surface Pro 4, Surface Book, New type cover, pens, pen tips, Surface Dock, and more.

New Windows 10 build, updates for Windows phones, and what we didn't know about the Surface book.

Hands on with Surface Dock, Windows 10 10568 leaks, the New Xbox One Experience, and more.

Paul and Mary Jo are in Vegas at DevIntersection, Surface 4, earnings in perspective, musical management chairs, flagship retail store on Fifth Ave, and Xbox.

Microsoft pushes Windows 10 even harder than before, Surface Pro 4 & Book get updates, Band 2 consensus, Cortana coming to iOS, and more!

Xbox One New Experience goes live tomorrow, Windows Phone & Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft acquisitions, Black Ops III, and more.

Visual Studio Online gets renamed to Visual Studio Team Services, Microsoft Ships the November Update for Windows 10, Office Insider Program launches, Powerpoint improvements, New Xbox One Experience rolls out, and more.

What really happened to Windows 10 version 1511, Nokia Llumia 950, Windows 10 mobile, Surface Book, and all the Microsoft Black Friday deals!

Is there new builds of Windows 10 and Mobile for December?, HoloLens hype is here with hashtag #MadeWithHoloLens, cloud storage wars between Amazon's $5 unlimited and Microsoft's OneDrive, Cortana on iOS as beta, and Surface Phone coming near the end of 2016.

Windows 10 10586.29 build for PC, tablet AND phones, Windows 10 internet of things, Lumia 550 ships in Europe, Windows Server 2016, Mobilize.Net release bridge for porting Silverlight phone apps to Windows 10, Build 2016 in SFO next year.

Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley are in the Microsoft flagship retail store in New York City today. They talk about OneDrive for Business, Windows 10 apps, Insider Preview Build 11082, StorSimple, Pandora, and more!

The year in review, Chris Capossela joins us with an awesome round of Q & A, hands on with HoloLens part 3, Windows 10, Surface 4 and Surface Book update, Windows 10 Mobile with Continuum, and an holiday beer pick for all the hard working Santas out there!

Paul, Mary Jo, and Leo had a great year with great software and hardware released from Microsoft.

The latest news from CES in Las Vegas, Windows 10 has been activated on more than 200M devices, Microsoft refines auto strategy, and more.

Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley talk about their Microsoft predictions for 2016, what does Internet Explorer's end of support really mean to you, a Microsoft SIM and new data plans might be in the works, and where is the messaging platform?

Paul and Mary Jo join Leo to try to understand what Microsoft means when they say they are not going to support older versions of Windows on newer hardware, talk about new HoloLens details, and more.

SurfaceGate (Paul's finally had it) and other Surface news, new Windows 10 updates, Apple users get more Office features, and is Windows 10 Mobile abusing cell data?

Microsoft continues its pivot toward being all about the cloud, Windows 10 will be a "recommended" update, Microsoft imagines the NFL experience of the future with HoloLens, Microsoft turns on Yammer by default, Microsoft buys SwiftKey, and more!

A new Windows Insider Ring?  A developer ports an iOS app to Windows 10 in 5 minutes (wait for the "but"), Microsoft mistakenly caps some OneDrive users' storage early, PowerBI's publish to web feature, the latest mysterious Groove acquisition, do you need the Xbox One Elite Controller? And more!

A new Windows Phone is quietly born, Windows 10 Mobile upgrades apparently starting Feb 29, MixRadio shut down, Brad's new desktop, Xbox One/Windows 10 cross-buy games, Hulu for Windows 10, and more!

Microsoft buys Xamarin, fixes sleep issues for the Surface Book & Surface Pro 4, works on an app called actiongram for Hololens, plans to phase out Skype Qik next month, and more.

Steve Ballmer dunks, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection purposed for enterprise users, and Oxenfree available for Windows 10. Jeffrey Snover, the inventor of Powershell, joins Mary Jo, Paul, and Leo this week to talk about Nano Servers, Server Containers, the cloud, and more!

SQL Server coming to Linux (private preview for now), Redstone 2 now pushed back to 2017, Windows 10 1511 updated to Build 10586.164, Microsoft cancels the game Fable Legends, and more!

HERE dropping Windows Phone support, Twitter launches its Windows 10 Mobile app, Edge extension previews expected with the next Redstone release, Cross-play between Xbox & other console networks, OneNote Importer, and more!

Windows 10 apps coming to Xbox One in Summer, broken promises to Windows Phone users, Hololens in the Seattle area, Tay.ai aimed at young adults, SandDance, and more.

Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott close out Build 2016 from San Francisco, CA and even bring on a few guests! Along with Leo, they discuss the Windows 10 anniversary update, Bash on Ubuntu, Xamarin, Xbox, HoloLens, Office as a development platform, and more!

Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott talk with Leo about Windows 10 build 14316, the new dark theme set, the NexDock, Outlook Premium for $3.99/month, Quantum Break, Skype issues, and more.

Microsoft publishes a roadmap for Windows 10 business users, Centennial debuts for porting legacy Windows apps to the Windows 10 store, Cortana gets more instant translation languages, a "Signature" Type Cover for $159.99, Disney Crossy Road, and more.

The European Union's European Commission is charging Google with violation of antitrust laws, resembling what Microsoft had to go through. On the other side, Microsoft happens to be suing the United States Department of Justice over secrecy orders. Microsoft announces they have stopped creating Xbox 360 consoles, firmware updates come to Surface Book/Pro, Intel restructures to reduce its workforce, and more.

A Windows 10 upgrade recommendation pops up on an Iowa weather forecast, Microsoft's latest earnings, Terry Myerson's committment to Windows 10 Mobile, build 14332 now available, Unstream, the Definitive Edition of Ori and the Blind Forest, Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone, and more!

Intel cancels Atom for smartphones/tablets, Cortana converts exclusively to Bing+Edge, Band 2 discounted by $75, official Facebook apps for Windows 10, Vine for Windows 10 PCs/tablets, Microsoft Flow, and more!

Windows 10 free upgrade will end July 29, Windows 10 confirmed to be active on 300 million devices, Windows 10 'Redstone' build 14342 now includes support for AdBlock & AdBlock Plus, Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 May firmware updates, Microsoft fulfills UWP videogame promises, Forza Motorspot 6: Apex Beta, and more!

Microsoft to sell feature phone business to FIH mobile, the possibility of no more new Lumia phones, the Windows 7 SP1 convenience rollup, a newly released Universal Windows Platform app for OneDrive, Signature PCs, the new DOOM game, newly-released Xbox Gamertags, and more!

Xbox hardware news from Brad Sams, Microsoft cuts 1,850 jobs from its phone hardware business, Microsoft admits they jumped the shark on upgrade deceptions, new updates for Office 365, the upcoming Bing Concierge Bot, Planner 5D for interior design, a new Azure security documentation, and more!

Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley discuss Windows Holographic, virtual reality vendors, the first major update for HoloLens, Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition, the Asus ZenBook 3, a fingerprint-scanning wearable for logins, Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352, Outlook.com spam meltdown, Super Meat Boy on Games with Gold, and more!

Windows 10 Anniversary Update functionality accessible to Xbox One Preview members, Xbox One consoles discounted by $50, Microsoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14361 for both PC and Mobile, Outlook watch face for Android Wear, Bank of America for Windows 10, GigJam Preview becomes available to everyone, Highlander/Office Planner is starts a rollout to Office 365 users, and more!

Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley discuss Microsoft's gigantic deal with LinkedIn, Xbox One's little brother and big sister at E3, Xbox Design Lab for customizing controllers, the slow approach of the Anniversary Update, a new startup by former Microsoft employees, available mods for Cyanogen OS 13.1, the Windows 10 Xbox App for Android/iOS, and more!

Microsoft's new Edge campaign, Windows Phones finally getting tap-to-pay, Windows 10 Insider build 14371 Activation Troubleshooter, firmware updates for Surface devices, SharePoint mobile app for iOS, DockerCon 2016, Windows 10 Maps, VS'15, and more!

Windows 10 Anniversary Update scheduled for August 2, Surface 3 to end production by the end of 2016, Office 365 turns five, Microsoft kills Xbox Fitness, June updates for Office 365, the 'Get Windows 10' update prompt gets easier to decline, and more. Mary Jo and Paul are at the Microsoft store this week!

Surface Rumor mill heats up, Windows 10 Anniversary hits the home stretch, Skype dials it up, Xbox Play Anywhere, Groove Music, App-V (and UE-V), Project Green, the Debbie Downer, and more!

Mary Jo and Paul are in Toronto for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference! They bring on Microsoft engineer James Whittaker and Windows Insider Chief Dona Sarkar, as well as answer audience questions about the MPD, next-generation Surface devices, and more!

Brad Sams is here today, skyping in from his redstone-lined bunker. Xbox console down, but Xbox Live members up, Microsoft says they'll start giving us more regular updates on Windows 10 milestones, Insiders get preview of Universal Skype app for Windows Phones, Microsoft to sell Surface covers with NFL team logos, Xbox One S coming Aug. 2 (2TB version), Groove Music gets updated, Windows Camera app gets panorama mode, and more!

ChakraCore, Windows 10 Pro Education, the 14393 Preview build, Windows Ink, Edge and extensions, Microsoft's intents around Steam, the final days of the free Windows 10 upgrade, a fix for Surface Pro 3 battery issues, Xbox One S bundles, Microsoft Pix for iPhone, and more discussed by Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Ars Technica's Peter Bright!

Paul Thurrott is back, Windows 10 Anniversary Update arrives, Xbox One S 2 TB launch edition takes off, Peter Bright inexplicably is allowed to become an American citizen, valid Windows 7/8.x retail product key still installs Windows 10, HoloLens was updated, Windows 10 Mobile was NOT updated, Cortana for Android and iOS now supports photo reminders, Games with Gold includes Spelunky, Windows Camera for Windows 10 Mobile, Starbucks app for Windows 10 Mobile is now available, Microsoft pushes enterprise over Pro for businesses, and more!

Two feature pack/upgrades are on the roadmap for 2017 (RS2 and RS3), Redstone 2 test builds starting up again soon, Microsoft is not renaming Windows 10 Mobile to Windows 10 for phones, Placeholder support for OneDrive, Windows 10 rollback period cut, a number of posts claiming Win 10 Anniversary is incompatible, MS issues CUs for all flavors of Windows 10, a firmware update for Surface 3, how to cast from a phone to a Windows 10 Anniversary PC, a tale of the golden keys, Kaspersky, device management limits, Amiga games in web browser, Groove Music, Sway for Windows 10 is updated, Common Data Model is now in public preview, and more!

Surface vs. iPad Pro ad by Microsoft, Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14905 for PC & Mobile, Windows Holographic is coming to Windows 10 next year, a monthly patch schedule for Windows 7/8.1, Anniversary Update is rolled out for Windows 10 Mobile, Paul says the Xbox One S is a definite improvement, Xbox Wireless tech is coming to PCs, A $100 "Woku" might be the cheapest way to get Groove/Movies & TV into the living room, and the makers of Limbo turn up with an amazing game. Plus, Open Mind Studio, Pike's Peak, Key Lime Gose, and more!

Microsoft open-sources PowerShell and brings it to Linux and Mac OS, Parallels Desktop may be the best way to run Windows on a Mac, Surface Pro 3 Battery Fix is coming, Surface gets a puff piece, Amazon’s New UWP App has almost no settings, Paul explains how he's living in an Android world, Xbox gets a major system update, Playstation takes a page from Xbox and announces similar new features/products, 4K for the win, Vinci for Windows Phone resembles Prisma, Microsoft buys Genee, Project Sonoma is available in private preview for iOS/Android, and more!

Windows 10 now at 600 million active monthly devices. Related: Fall Creators Update in on 1/5th of all Windows 10 PCs already. In a change from the normal way it reveals such things, Microsoft said this week that it will add Timeline, and a newly announced feature called Sets, to Windows 10 in coming Insider Builds. But… Microsoft is doing A/B testing on Sets, angering Insiders again. Sets may be just the UX change that Windows needs to stay relevant.Related: Microsoft is working on a new Photos companion app for mobile and Raf reveals the new Game Bar. Microsoft has made its Android Office apps available on Chromebooks. Microsoft is killing Facebook login to Skype. Microsoft is selling more phones in its Store. But it needs to sell its own phones. Here's why. What makes a phone a phone? Enter, Andromeda. Microsoft is going to expand its corporate headquarters: more info on the plans. Tip of the week: Write, don't type App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge for Android/iOS Enterprise pick of the week: Azure-based location services Codename pick of the week: Project Rome Beer pick of the week: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2017