I have a Compaq C306US. I needed to restore it, but naturally both the recovery partition and one of the recovery DVDs I created when I bought it don't work. HP doesn't distribute the recovery disks ...

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 ...

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.

Remember Amanda? The Windows Dancer from Windows XP Media Center 2005 ? Well if you have been missing her since the Vista days, you can now get her back in Windows 7 & Windows Vista. It should work on ...

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 ...

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 ...

I need to reinstall an Acer Aspire 5050 which came with XP MCE 2005. The recovery partition didn't work and I have no recovery CDs to speak of (an Acer does not seem to provide them in their Spanish ...