Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.

 

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.

There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
DOS-like CMD screen.

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.

 

"LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.


Do a Google search using:
"windows 7 full screen command prompt"
as your argument.

Take your choice of solutions.
There is NO easy way.

 

On 3/8/2010 8:43 AM, 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.
>
> There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
> DOS-like CMD screen.
>
> 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.

You missed a step. After "Start CMD", right click on the top bar of the
CMD program, select "Defaults", then dial up to maximum in the Window
Size box.

--
"Never argue with an idiot, they will knock you
down to their level and beat you with experience."
Unknown

http://www.bobhatch.com
http://www.tdsrvresort.com

 

On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

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

Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
I have tried my solution and it works.

 

The reason why Windows 7 doesn't enable full screen mode for the command
prompt has to do with the video drivers. In order to enable true full screen
mode you would need to install Windows XP drivers i.e. XDDM instead of
Windows 7's WDDM video drivers as WDDM doesn't do a type of interrupt.

If you swap out the WDDM video drivers for XDDM, you will lose the Aero
effect.


Anyway, here's Microsoft's answer:

[Some 16-bit DOS-based Programs and the Command Prompt will not run in
full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7 - Microsoft]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657


As well, the following site discusses 3 workarounds, including a discussion
of video card drivers:

[Workaround to This System Does Not Support Full Screen Mode in Windows
Vista]
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/...not-support-full-screen-mode-in-windows-vista

You might consider running XP if the computer is to do single duty employing
the full screen command prompt - I've tried this and it works )



"LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:23:04 -0500, Nil
<rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:

>On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>alt.windows7.general:
>
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
>Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
>I have tried my solution and it works.

Your neighbors called. No problem with the goat mask but they're over
the whole 'dance naked' thing.

 

"Nil" <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
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> On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
> Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
> I have tried my solution and it works.

I have found that, in order for this to work on an Acer computer, the wooden mask must
be made of Maple. (Latin joke)

Tom Lake

 

"Nil" <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
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> On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
> Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
> I have tried my solution and it works.

That's funny, I got it to work with a chicken mask.
Dave

 

"LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.

This works on XP - Open a CMD window and type (left) alt + enter.
It won't work on Win7 or Vista though.

--
Andrew

 

> I have found that, in order for this to work on an Acer computer, the
> wooden mask must
> be made of Maple. (Latin joke)
>
> Tom Lake

Ah ! a "sharp" and "biting" comment ( another Latin joke)
BM

 

"Barking Mad" <notreal@notrealatall.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>> I have found that, in order for this to work on an Acer computer, the wooden mask must
>> be made of Maple. (Latin joke)
>>
>> Tom Lake
>
> Ah ! a "sharp" and "biting" comment ( another Latin joke)
> BM

Vincis! Acta est fabula.

 

I opened the CMD prompt, right on Command at the top, go to
properties/layout and changed the screen size width.


"Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
>
> Do a Google search using:
> "windows 7 full screen command prompt"
> as your argument.
>
> Take your choice of solutions.
> There is NO easy way.
>
>
>

 

"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Barking Mad" <notreal@notrealatall.com> wrote in message
> news:yPbln.284019$6i7.242475@newsfe06.ams2...
>>
>>
>>> I have found that, in order for this to work on an Acer computer, the
>>> wooden mask must
>>> be made of Maple. (Latin joke)
>>>
>>> Tom Lake
>>
>> Ah ! a "sharp" and "biting" comment ( another Latin joke)
>> BM
>
> Vincis! Acta est fabula.
>
>
>

Plaudite

BM

 

On 3/8/2010 10:58 AM, Bob Hatch wrote:
> On 3/8/2010 8:43 AM, 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.
>>
>> There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
>> DOS-like CMD screen.
>>
>> 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.
>
> You missed a step. After "Start CMD", right click on the top bar of the
> CMD program, select "Defaults", then dial up to maximum in the Window
> Size box.
>

I figured that anyone who had been trying to work with CMD would already
know how to get to the settings. But maybe not...

 

On 3/8/2010 1:15 PM, John McGaw wrote:
> On 3/8/2010 10:58 AM, Bob Hatch wrote:
>> On 3/8/2010 8:43 AM, 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.
>>>
>>> There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
>>> DOS-like CMD screen.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> You missed a step. After "Start CMD", right click on the top bar of the
>> CMD program, select "Defaults", then dial up to maximum in the Window
>> Size box.
>>
>
> I figured that anyone who had been trying to work with CMD would already
> know how to get to the settings. But maybe not...

After years of helping friends and family with their computers, I never
assume anything.

Days of DOS.
Ok, what I want you to do is type dir(space)*.*.
Answer: I did that and it didn't work.
What did you type?
Just what you told me to!
Spell it out for me.
dir star dot star!
OK, sorry, what I meant by "star" is the cap 8 key, try it again.
Well, why didn't you say that. I did and it didn't work.
Spell out for me what you typed.
OK, I did the cap 8, then dot, then cap 8.
When you say you typed "dot" do you mean you typed the period key?
No, you told me to type "dot".
And on it went.


--
"Never argue with an idiot, they will knock you
down to their level and beat you with experience."
Unknown

http://www.bobhatch.com
http://www.tdsrvresort.com

 

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.
>
> There is no "DOS" screen so I'll answer as though you asked for the
> DOS-like CMD screen.
>
> 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.

Did and NO change upon restart

 

Spring Sprung wrote:
> The reason why Windows 7 doesn't enable full screen mode for the command
> prompt has to do with the video drivers. In order to enable true full
> screen mode you would need to install Windows XP drivers i.e. XDDM
> instead of Windows 7's WDDM video drivers as WDDM doesn't do a type of
> interrupt.
>
> If you swap out the WDDM video drivers for XDDM, you will lose the Aero
> effect.
>
>
> Anyway, here's Microsoft's answer:
>
> [Some 16-bit DOS-based Programs and the Command Prompt will not run in
> full-screen mode in Windows Vista and in Windows 7 - Microsoft]
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657
>
>
> As well, the following site discusses 3 workarounds, including a
> discussion of video card drivers:
>
> [Workaround to This System Does Not Support Full Screen Mode in Windows
> Vista]
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/...not-support-full-screen-mode-in-windows-vista
>
>
> You might consider running XP if the computer is to do single duty
> employing the full screen command prompt - I've tried this and it works )
>
>
>
> "LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
Thank You for an intelligent answer)

 

Andrew wrote:
>
>
> "LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>
> 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

 

Nunya wrote:
> I opened the CMD prompt, right on Command at the top, go to
> properties/layout and changed the screen size width.
>
>
> "Colon Terminus" <Colon_Terminus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:i_8ln.247885$OX4.101918@newsfe25.iad...
>>
>> "LouB" <Lou@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:4B9500F4.8070107@invalid.invalid...
>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>>
>>
>> Do a Google search using:
>> "windows 7 full screen command prompt"
>> as your argument.
>>
>> Take your choice of solutions.
>> There is NO easy way.
>>
>>
>>
http://www.walkernews.net/2009/11/2...mand-prompt-window-persistently-in-windows-7/