Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?

"LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
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> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group

:-)
Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.

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>>> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
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>> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group
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> Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.
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XP VM only works on versions of Win7 above "home"

You are right. You can get full screen mode - and I might add - you can run
Windows 7 in the virtual machine instead of Windows XP.

There are a couple of things to note: the appearance isn't exactly the same
as achieved through the interrupt, AFAICT, as the command prompt is more to
the center of the screen rather than the left-upper corner .. and whew the
font is sort of small for the huge monitors we use. Adjusting the font
larger doesn't seem to work so far, as it seems to reverts when it goes full
screen.

There's a tiny virtual machine menu bar that appears on top - but you can
unpin it (and it subsequently hides) to achieve full screen.

Very good - a solution.


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> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
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>> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group
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> :-)
> Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.
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> Andrew

And with the somewhat newer processors that support virtualization.
Otherwise one would use something older such as Virtual PC 2007. BTW, he
might give that a spin and see how the command prompt behaves.

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>>>> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>>>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>>>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
>>>>
>>> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group
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>> :-)
>> Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.
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> XP VM only works on versions of Win7 above "home"

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>>>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
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>>>>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>>>>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
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>>>> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group
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>>> :-)
>>> Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.
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>> XP VM only works on versions of Win7 above "home"
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> And with the somewhat newer processors that support virtualization.
> Otherwise one would use something older such as Virtual PC 2007. BTW, he
> might give that a spin and see how the command prompt behaves.
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Yabut MS built Virtual PC into the Pro and ultimate versions of Win7
ONLY - to extract some more money for Bill Gates charities.

See the following about DOS Emulator

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/emulators/msdos.htm

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"LouB" <> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:29:23 -0500, "Peter Foldes" <>
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>See the following about DOS Emulator
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>http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/emulators/msdos.htm

Those are ZX Spectrum emulators for MS-DOS.

"LouB" <> wrote in message
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>> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
>>
> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group

Now you know why you only got one intelligent answer.

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:39:06 -0500, LouB wrote:

> John McGaw wrote:
>> On 3/8/2010 8:51 AM, LouB wrote:
>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>> There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
>> DOS-like CMD screen.
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>> Start CMD. Dial up the default sizes to the largest number they will
>> accept. Quit CMD. Restart CMD. This yields a full screen on my machine
>> but YMMV.
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> Did and NO change upon restart

Maybe if you start the command window in Administrator mode before making
the changes it will be able to remember the new settings.

Alternatively, look at the properties in the *shortcut* that you start it
from. The same options are there...

I haven't tried the above, because I don't need what you need, so go ahead
and experiment on your own :-)


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On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:54:57 -0600, Dave wrote:

> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>> Andrew wrote:
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>>> "LouB" <> wrote in message
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>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>>> This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
>>> It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.
>>>
>> So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group
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> Now you know why you only got one intelligent answer.

More precisely, now *we* know :-)

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