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

[Andrew]

So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group

Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.

 

[LouB]

Cause it works on the XP VM included in Win7.

XP VM only works on versions of Win7 above "home"

 

[Spring Sprung]

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.

 

[Spring Sprung]

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.

 

[LouB]

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.

Yabut MS built Virtual PC into the Pro and ultimate versions of Win7
ONLY - to extract some more money for Bill Gates charities.

 

[Peter Foldes]

See the following about DOS Emulator

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

 

[Thomas Jespersen]

See the following about DOS Emulator

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

Those are ZX Spectrum emulators for MS-DOS.

 

[Dave]

So why did you reply? This IS a Win7 group

Now you know why you only got one intelligent answer.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Now you know why you only got one intelligent answer.

More precisely, now *we* know

 

[FiOS-Dave]

Open DOS window. (Run CMD)
click on little icon in the upper left, Properties,
select the width and height for the window.
Can be full screen, if desired.
This has worked as far back as I can remember!

Dave

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
)

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

 

[Gordon]

Open DOS window.

<enter pedant mode> - DOS hasn't existed in Windows since Win 98 <exit
pedant mode>

 

[LouB]

<enter pedant mode> - DOS hasn't existed in Windows since Win 98 <exit
pedant mode>

WRONG!! It is called the Command prompt or the C:\ prompt

 

[LouB]

Open DOS window. (Run CMD)
click on little icon in the upper left, Properties,
select the width and height for the window.
Can be full screen, if desired.
This has worked as far back as I can remember!

Dave

Have you actually tried your suggestion on a Win7 system?????????
I have and it DOES NOT WORK in Win7

 

[Gordon]

WRONG!! It is called the Command prompt or the C:\ prompt

Which is NOT DOS. It's an EMULATOR.

 

[Mark Lloyd]

<enter pedant mode> - DOS hasn't existed in Windows since Win 98 <exit
pedant mode>

Actually, the last version of Windows that's based on DOS is Windows
ME.

Early versions of Windows 95 had DOS v7.0.
Later versions of Windows 95, and Windows 98 had DOS v7.1 (introduced
FAT32).
Windows ME had DOS v8.0.

BTW, while the command interpreter in later versions may be called a
"DOS box", it's really a program running on Windows NT (Windows 2000,
and all later versions).
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I
consider the capacity for it terrifying." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

 

[LouB]

Which is NOT DOS. It's an EMULATOR.

And why does it matter what it "is" when it works the way DOS has always
worked? "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck..."

 

[FiOS-Dave]

Have you actually tried your suggestion on a Win7 system?????????
I have and it DOES NOT WORK in Win7

Yes, actually, I have, and it works just fine.
I just set my "emulated DOS window" to full width and height
on my 17" laptop.

Dave

 

[FiOS-Dave]

<enter pedant mode> - DOS hasn't existed in Windows since Win 98 <exit
pedant mode>

<enter super-pedant mode> According to Merriam-Webster,
their second definition for "emulated" is "2 : to equal or approach equality
with."
So, I guess that I should have said, "Open an almost equal DOS Window."
<exit super-pedant mode>
Dave

 

[FiOS-Dave]

And why does it matter what it "is" when it works the way DOS has always
worked? "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck..."

QUACK! Thank you, Lou.