Although Microsoft Corp. will not officially release its Windows XP operating system until Oct. 25, it has allowed PC makers to begin shipping machines loaded with the new OS as of Monday, which ...

While consumers will have to wait another month to upgrade their PCs to Microsoft’s Windows XP, those buying new PCs can get their hands on the new operating systems now. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq ...

The world's second-largest personal computer maker said yesterday it will ship machines with Microsoft's Windows XP operating system up to a month before the software's official release date of Oct.

The HP Compaq TC1100 is only 10 years old, but in mobile computing years, it’s laughably archaic. Running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, this device practically dared its owners to enter text without ...

Compaq? That name rings a bell... 18.02.99: There is no commercially viable alternative to installing Windows on consumer PCs, a Compaq executive told the Microsoft antitrust trial yesterday. Defence ...

NEW YORK - Computer makers are being drawn into the battle raging between rivals Microsoft Corp. and AOL Time Warner as both companies pitch deals to PC makers to gain prominent placement of their ...

My Mom has a Compaq V710 monitor which Windows seems to have switched back to generic PnP again. I tried to install the Softpaq 20493 which is, acc. to HP, a package that includes Windows XP drivers ...

With Microsoft on the cusp of its next OS leap forward, the 13-year-old XP still is more popular than Windows 8 and 8.1 combined. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

A lot of people are confused when it comes time to upgrade their computer and do not know if they should upgrade to Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional. For most people the answer is simple, XP ...

The backwards compatibility of new operating systems has been a constant thorn in Microsoft's side. With Vista, the compatibility problems at launch were so great it never really stood a chance of ...