Re: XP--screen length--startup.int

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from Judith Davidsen  on Sat, 06
Dec 2003 14:04:03 -0500

Judith:

You need to say what you _want_ to see. How many lines, for example. You're
talking about a DOS box on the Desktop, or full screen DOS? These are two
entirely different problems, with different solutions. What you're describing
sounds like full screen. If so, then you need to turn on screen expansion
(maybe called "expand display", something like that), either in the BIOS
(permanent solution) or maybe using a Function key + Fkey toggle (temporary for
duration of the XP session) or possibly (permanent) in the Advanced Settings of
Control Panel ==> Display (it depends entirely on the display adapter -- every
Dell I've bought in last 4-5 years came with expansion turned off by default --
possibly because, at certain resolutions, like 1024x768, it may look terrible
on a certain monitor, whereas at 1400x1050 it looks great -- you gotta play
with those resolution settings to see what looks good once you get expansion
turned _on_).

How did you install XyWrite? If you just copied the install from another
machine, was it also on C:\XY4? Because if it wasn't, then a lot of things
need adjustment, and that may account for those bizarre error msgs...

R.

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Robert Holmgren
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