[Ham-Computers] DOS Windows Size in W98SE/W95B

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John,

W98 came from W95 which came from W3.11 I think.  I'm running W2K which is 
also NT5.x and came from NT.  The two groups are sorta barely related, the first 
running Windows over DOS and the latter not.  What you describe isn't what I 
see (for the most part except for the three buttons at top right) so I'm going 
to defer to someone familiar with 98, which I've never run.

I think I could say, however, that how much of the monitor the DOS window at 
default settings takes up depends upon your monitor resolution settings.  At a 
guess, if you set it to 640x480 the DOS window would be full screen.  I know 
that on this machine that's the case.

In a message dated 5/30/2007 5:59:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jandlmiller at bellsouth.net writes: 
> This may or may not be related to Robert Downs' post on Sat 26 May 2007 and 
> Aaron's response on Tue 29 May 2007. 
> 
> In Win98SE (or also in W95B) I have a question about changing the physical 
> size of the DOS window.  To be sure we are all on the same page, here is what 
> I see:
> 
> 1. Start/Programs/MS-DOS Prompt opens the DOS window on top of Windows 
> Desktop.  On my screen the DOS window in which the Command Prompt (C:\>)is located 
> probably consumes 70-80 percent of the total screen area.  On the toolbar at 
> the top, at far left is the Font windows with a drop-down arrow.  The Font 
> in my window says "Auto."  There are seven buttons to the right of the d-d 
> arrow the last of which is the capital A button.  (Most of us know that the 
> button with four red arrows that I've dubbed the "button of death" causes a 
> full-screen that can be reset only with ALT-ENTER.)  At the far right and above 
> this tool bar are the three familiar buttons, and on this 70-80 percent window 
> they say, on my screen, Minimize - Restore - Close.
> 
> 2. When I select the middle (Restore) button the DOS window becomes smaller. 
>  Perhaps 40-50 per cent of the total screen area is consumed.
> 
> How do I increase or decrease the total screen size, should I want to do so? 
>  I am reluctant to attempt the sizing arrows because of 3. below.
> 
> 3. This one may be an unresolved bug issue in Win98SE and/or in the Office 
> 97 Pro toolbar.  Note the difference from the description in 2 above:
> 
> Striking the MS-DOS button on the Office 97 Pro toolbar, located vertically 
> along the right side of my screen, causes the DOS window to appear on top of 
> Windows Desktop.  On my screen the DOS window in which the Command Prompt 
> (C:\>)is located probably consumes 70-80 percent of the total screen area.  On 
> the toolbar at the top, at far left is the Font windows with a drop-down 
> arrow.  The Font in my window says "Auto."  There are seven buttons to the right 
> of the d-d arrow the last of which is the capital A button.  At the far right 
> and above this tool bar are the three familiar buttons, and on this 70-80 
> percent window they say, on my screen, Minimize - Restore - Close.
> 
> When I select the middle (Restore) button the DOS window becomes smaller.  
> Perhaps 20-30 per cent of the total screen area is consumed.  I am sure I have 
> forced the smaller size by using the sizing arrows, but I do not know how to 
> recover to a larger physical size window that I would see when selecting the 
> Restore button.
> 
> When I return to the Desktop and once again use Start/Programs/MS-DOS 
> Prompt, I can repeat exactly what is described above.  The second window size, 
> using Restore, is larger when using Start/Programs/MS-DOS Prompt than it is when 
> using the Office97 Pro toolbar.
> 
> Once answer, I suppose, is to totally uninstall Office 97 Pro then reinstall 
> it.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> John W0IKT 
> 

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