DOS screen in XP

[Newton Borgerson Jr]

Screens that I have used to use successfully in Win98 only display in the
top half of the XP screen with all 25 lines crammed together and not very
readible.

Please advise how I can get it to display full screen. Is this a DOS
"Screen" command, or something in XP? I have tried everything in the
"Properties" options as far as type styles, screen mode, etc. and nothing
seems to make a difference.

Thanks. I will appreciate the help.

----------Skip----------

 

[Alan]

Hi Newton,

Once in the command screen press ALT + ENTER. And to get back to XP type
"exit" (without the quotes) and press ENTER.

Alan

 

[NobodyMan]

Screens that I have used to use successfully in Win98 only display in the
top half of the XP screen with all 25 lines crammed together and not very
readible.

Please advise how I can get it to display full screen. Is this a DOS
"Screen" command, or something in XP? I have tried everything in the
"Properties" options as far as type styles, screen mode, etc. and nothing
seems to make a difference.

Thanks. I will appreciate the help.

----------Skip----------

Skip - this is NOT a DOS window, as WinXP contains zero DOS code:
nada, none, zip, nothing of DOS. It is a 32 bit command line
interface window. Many well behaved DOS programs/commands will work
in this window; many won't.

You can try to get to full screen by using alt-tab; that often (but
not always) works for me.

Why do you need to go full screen, anyway?

 

[Don Wiss]

Screens that I have used to use successfully in Win98 only display in the
top half of the XP screen with all 25 lines crammed together and not very
readible.

Is this the same computer? Or did you upgrade your computer and you are now
using a flat panel monitor with a fixed high resolution?

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

 

[Don Wiss]

Skip - this is NOT a DOS window, as WinXP contains zero DOS code:
nada, none, zip, nothing of DOS. It is a 32 bit command line
interface window. Many well behaved DOS programs/commands will work
in this window; many won't.

Wrong. It is a DOS window. It is a Disk Operating System window. What it
isn't is MS-DOS. Why are you jumping all over the poor fellow that is
having problems running his old DOS program?

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

 

[Old Geek]

Didn't sound like "jumping" to me!! Sounded like informing.

There is NO DOS in Windows XP. There was NO DOS in Windows 2000! There was
NO DOS in Windows NT!

 

[Alan]

Guys!!!!

Can all you anal retentive geniuses stop jerking each other off for a moment
and answer the OP's question?

Skip, once in the DOS/Command Screen, press ALT + ENTER. And to get back to
XP type "exit" (without the quotes) and press ENTER.

Alan

 

[NobodyMan]

Wrong. It is a DOS window. It is a Disk Operating System window. What it
isn't is MS-DOS. Why are you jumping all over the poor fellow that is
having problems running his old DOS program?

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

Yes, yes, I've seen you post this before. Everybody here is referring
to MS-DOS when they ask about the DOS window. I'm sure the OP knows
what I was saying along with everybody else.

And I'm NOT jumping all over him. I "informed" him why he might have
problems, and gave a practical alternative on how to possibly go
full-screen.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Wrong. It is a DOS window.

Um, no it's not. It's a DOS _emulator_ window, opened either by command.exe
(a 16 bit environment) or cmd.exe (a 32 bit environment).
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