Full screen DOS in vista

speedyguy · 19-05-2007, 05:04 PM

hi i dunno if this has been discused b4 as i cudnt find it in search...

newez i need DOS full screen coz my laptop is tx1003 which is 12.1" widescreen n dos works only half or may less of dat on screen...

i need 2 use c language n cobol programming so m facing probs here...treid increasing screen size in dos window properties....it works but still it reduces 2 normal as i start c or cobol programming sheet...increased my dpi but not big improvement..

ps: if not full screen atleast i want a bigger window...is it possible? i know vista doesnt have ne more fullscreen support for dos but ne way out

Enjoy~!

vish786 · 19-05-2007, 05:06 PM

did u try Alt + Enter.. may b u hav forgotten

chahal63 · 19-05-2007, 05:17 PM

ALT+ENTER didn,t work it just displyas a message that doesn't suppport

brweb · 06-02-2008, 10:35 PM

I also want to know about it...

Charan · 07-02-2008, 02:09 AM

Vista doesnot support full screen command prompt.

Vishal Gupta · 07-02-2008, 02:22 AM

Its a known issue of Windows Vista. You can run Command Prompt in full screen if you are using standard VGA drivers or if you install XP display drivers:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657/en-us