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| Full Screen DOS Window
Is anybody aware of any Vista display drivers that will allow me to open a DOS window in full screen mode? I know I can install the XP version of the drivers and get my functionality back, but these tend to give me a BSOD occasionally. I don't care about the Aero eye candy, as I have it all turned off anyway. I don't want to run a DOS emulator... I just want to be able to view command lines in full screen, and run a few programs that would make life MUCH easier on my eyes if I could run in full screen. |
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| Re: Full Screen DOS Window
All Programs - Acessories - right click on "Command Prompt" - click on Properties. Use "Options", "Font" etc to personalize to taste. :-) |
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You know, that option never even crossed my mind! For some reason, I always thought that increasing the font size in a CLI would just make the font bigger without expanding the window. Teaches me for assuming! :) |
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Sorry to be a pedant, but you mean a "console" window, or perhaps a "command prompt" window. DOS isn't part of Vista... :-) |
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That's okay... I reverted back to my old Amiga days and called it a CLI window before. :) I'm willing to call it anything, as long as *I* know what I mean. I'll just keep others guessing! Posters have been recommending dosbox to use DOS in Vista Try different versions of the XP driver. |
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I've never actually used DOSbox. I'm conflicted on the issue because I don't do THAT much with DOS windows (I use mTel for an occasional Telnet session... that's the primary use) to where I'd want to take the time to set up a virtual machine. :) On the other hand... do I want to never be able to play Lemmings again? Sometimes I hate progress... lol |
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The problem is that its a laptop with an integrated mobile nvidia gpu... its hard enough finding any XP version of the driver, much less multiple versions. Maybe I should try driverguide... |
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Full Sreen in Vista or Windows 7 ? ps This work realy !! Switch display mode Vista (or W7) in standard VGA mode! Full screen MS-DOS then work good! |
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