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by navjun 1 view

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we have a network with a few PC's and a novell serever we use a Legecy accounting application that runs under Dos, we just bought a few new Pc's with win XP on them (the old ones were 9x) now when we run the application everything is fine except thefact that when we run in full screen the program just uses the top half part of the screen and the bottom is empty and when its not in full screen the windows is very small to work on. I need some help to tweek the system
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by opatzg9

The problem is windows xp/nt likes to run with 43 or 50 columns. The way around this is within a window run the following command-
Mode con lines=24
Then go to full screen mode with alt-enter and it will retain the 24 line rule.
Watch for errors, if it doesn't work in a window then try it in full screen mode and it should work there.

by switz

Have you tried the Program Compatibility Wizzard located in the accessories folder? This allows you to assign the program you are trying to run under an older operating system, i.e., win 98, etc. It also allows you to assign a lower screen resolution than the lowest xp will go (800x600). Some older programs, especially some older games, need this lower resolution. Good luck.

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