Full screen DOS in Vista?

[Dan]

Is full screen DOS mode gone from Vista? Or is this video card dependent?
When I try to get a full screen DOS prompt I get a message saying "This
system does not support fullscreen mode".

Dan

 

[Rich Milburn [MVP]]

Yeah I get the same thing on one of my systems (the new one that has Aero)
but on the one not running Aero, it works. I'm not in a place I can turn
off Aero to try it, but it might be interesting...

Rich
MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services

 

[Dan]

Yeah I get the same thing on one of my systems (the new one that has Aero)
but on the one not running Aero, it works. I'm not in a place I can turn
off Aero to try it, but it might be interesting...

I just tried it by turning of Aero and using Vista Basic. Full screen DOS
still didn't work. But Window re-sizing was *much* slower and jumpy under
Basic than under Aero.

Interesting indeed!

Dan

 

[Timu CHEN]

I do not have Aero running.

I simply open up a command mode, and press ALT key and ENTER key together,
and I can get to full screen mode. Even though the resolution does not seem
to be what it was....

Timu