If you make any customizations to a command prompt by right clicking the
Toollbar and clicking Properties you get two choices:
* Apply properties to current window only
* Modify shortcut that started this window
If you select Modify shortcut that started this window, it's the same as
making customizations by right clicking the cmd.exe shortcut and clicking
Properties.
Selecting Apply properties to current window only, any customizations are
lost when the window is closed.
On machine B do a Search for cmd.exe to find all of the shortcuts.
Double lick all of the shortcuts to find the one that's starting in Full
Screen and goofy colors.
When found, right click that shortcut and click Properties.
On the Options tab under Display Options select Window not Full Screen.
On the Layout tab look at Window size. Width and Height should be some
where around 80 and 25.
On the Colors tab you might open the Properties of another cmd.exe shortcut
that you like and copy from that one. In fact you could copy everything
from those Properties or replace the shortcut with the googy stuff with a
copy of a shortcut that you like.
HOW TO: Set the Command Processor Appearance in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309019
Command Prompt Properties
Options tab
Cursor Size
[[Enables you to select a small, medium, or large cursor.]]
O Small
O Medium
O Large
Command History
Buffer Size:
[[Changes the number of commands the buffer can contain.]]
Number of Buffers:
[[Changes the number of processes that can have distinct history buffers.]]
Discard Old Duplicates
[[Eliminates duplicate commands in the buffer.]]
Display Options
O Window
[[Specifies that the program will run in a window. This mode makes it easier
to share information with other Windows-based programs and is mostly used
for text-based MS-DOS programs.]]
O Full Screen
[[Specifies that the program will run in a full screen. This uses the least
memory and is mostly used to run graphics.]]
Edit Options
QuickEdit Mode
[[Enables you to use a pointing device (mouse) to cut and paste, bypassing
the Edit menu.]]
Insert Mode
[[Enables you to insert text at the cursor. If this is not selected, text
that is typed at the cursor replaces existing text.]]
Font tab
Window Preview
[[Shows how the program window will appear on your screen.]]
Font
[[Displays a list of the available fonts.]]
Bold fonts
[[Displays the selected font as bold.]]
Selected Font: xxxx
[[Shows how the fonts will appear in this program.]]
Size
[[Lists the available font sizes for this program.]]
Layout tab
Window Preview
[[Shows how the program window will appear on your screen.]]
Screen Buffer Size
Width:
[[Sets the number of characters stored in a line in the buffer.]]
Height:
[[Sets the number of lines stored in memory. If the current window size
settings are smaller than the screen buffer size settings, scroll bars are
displayed so you can scroll back through the information.
You cannot resize a window to be larger than the area set by the screen
buffer settings. On x86-based computers, if you switch to full screen
display, Windows will display the number of lines (25, 43, or 50) supported
by your hardware that is closest to your window mode configuration.]]
Window Size
Width:
[[Sets the width of the window.]]
Height:
[[Sets the height of the window.]]
Window Position
Left:
[[Positions the left side of the window.
If you want the system to automatically position the window, select the Let
System Position Window check box.]]
Top:
[[Positions the top of the window.
If you want the system to automatically position the window, select the Let
System Position Window check box.]]
Let system position window
[[Specifies that the system will automatically position the window.]]
Colors tab
O Screen Text
[[Specifies that you can adjust the color of the screen text in a window by
clicking on a color below.]]
O Screen Background
[[Specifies that you can adjust the color of the screen background in a
window by clicking on a color below.]]
O Popup Text
[[Specifies that you can adjust the color of the text in a pop-up window by
clicking on a color below.]]
O Popup Background
[[Specifies that you can adjust the background color of a pop-up window by
clicking on a color below.]]
Selected Screen Colors
[[Shows how the selected screen colors will look in a window.]]
Selected Popup Colors
[[Shows how the selected colors look in a pop-up window.]]
Selected Color Values
Red:
Green:
Blue:
[[Enables you to adjust the amounts of red, green, and blue in the selected
color.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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