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Resizing DOS apps windows under
Specific application: end 80's Lotus Symphony 2 under Dos.
Using newly found "EMS Magic", I was able to run Sym2 on my laptop. That was great. But it opens in full window AND not only hides the windows of running programs under Windows XP but it also seems to deactivate them (tried extended desktop with no success). ALT Return is of no use. That makes me still need two computers, one for XP applications and one for Sym2, and that is exactly what I wish to stop. Any good tip would be appreciated. Thanks. Pierre. |
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Resizing DOS apps windows under
Just one of the many unfortunate "quirks" of Windows XP is that on expanding a DOS
window to "full-screen" you cannot then restore the DOS-box to it's original size (on all of the machines that I've used, anyway). Making an attempt to restore the DOS-box to it's original size and you get a blank screen In other words - once you "full-screen" a DOS-box, you can't get out of it again. Alt-ENTER which SHOULD get it to swap between full-screen and restored modes, gets you a completely black screen, from which, one cannot navigate. The only way I have found to recover from this without re-booting, is to get the PC into suspend-mode and then restore full power again - this re-initializes the video adaptor and gets you your screen back. This is harder to do than it sounds - I have a shortcut made on the desktop that sends the PC into hibernation (accomplishes the same thing) and set the shortcut to have a key-combination to activate it with a simple Shift+Ctrl+H key-press. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) P.S. To make a shortcut to send the PC into hibernation mode from the desktop - use the following line as the target for the shortcut : RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState "magnat_pvl" wrote in message ... Specific application: end 80's Lotus Symphony 2 under Dos. Using newly found "EMS Magic", I was able to run Sym2 on my laptop. That was great. But it opens in full window AND not only hides the windows of running programs under Windows XP but it also seems to deactivate them (tried extended desktop with no success). ALT Return is of no use. That makes me still need two computers, one for XP applications and one for Sym2, and that is exactly what I wish to stop. Any good tip would be appreciated. Thanks. Pierre. -- magnat_pvl |
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Resizing DOS apps windows under
Just one of the many unfortunate "quirks" of Windows XP is that on expanding a DOS
window to "full-screen" you cannot then restore the DOS-box to it's original size (on all of the machines that I've used, anyway). Making an attempt to restore the DOS-box to it's original size and you get a blank screen In other words - once you "full-screen" a DOS-box, you can't get out of it again. Alt-ENTER which SHOULD get it to swap between full-screen and restored modes, gets you a completely black screen, from which, one cannot navigate. The only way I have found to recover from this without re-booting, is to get the PC into suspend-mode and then restore full power again - this re-initializes the video adaptor and gets you your screen back. This is harder to do than it sounds - I have a shortcut made on the desktop that sends the PC into hibernation (accomplishes the same thing) and set the shortcut to have a key-combination to activate it with a simple Shift+Ctrl+H key-press. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) P.S. To make a shortcut to send the PC into hibernation mode from the desktop - use the following line as the target for the shortcut : RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState "magnat_pvl" wrote in message ... Specific application: end 80's Lotus Symphony 2 under Dos. Using newly found "EMS Magic", I was able to run Sym2 on my laptop. That was great. But it opens in full window AND not only hides the windows of running programs under Windows XP but it also seems to deactivate them (tried extended desktop with no success). ALT Return is of no use. That makes me still need two computers, one for XP applications and one for Sym2, and that is exactly what I wish to stop. Any good tip would be appreciated. Thanks. Pierre. -- magnat_pvl |
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I am new for DOS prompt.. How can i connect my server with using DOS command which is on Linux based OS.. Please help me.. |
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How can i do..?
What does this have to do with Windows XP? Also you seem a tad confused, you
say you have Vista, and want to install Linux, what does Windows 7 have to do with anything? -- -- "embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? -- embertin |
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How can i do..?
What does this have to do with Windows XP? Also you seem a tad confused, you
say you have Vista, and want to install Linux, what does Windows 7 have to do with anything? -- -- "embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? -- embertin |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... : : Hey guys, : : I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, : i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 : not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? Since this is a Windows XP newsgroup, you should ask in the appropriate newsgroup. You have Vista, but need to overwrite Windows 7? Huh? |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... : : Hey guys, : : I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, : i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 : not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? Since this is a Windows XP newsgroup, you should ask in the appropriate newsgroup. You have Vista, but need to overwrite Windows 7? Huh? |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. When you repost elsewhere, you're going to need to explain to the folk there what exactly you mean by that phrase - they'll need much more information to go on than "i get some problem". I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. When you repost elsewhere, you're going to need to explain to the folk there what exactly you mean by *that* phrase, too. I am new for this OS "This OS", be it Windows Vista or 7, isn't what this here group's about. Please help me. How can i do? -- embertin |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. When you repost elsewhere, you're going to need to explain to the folk there what exactly you mean by that phrase - they'll need much more information to go on than "i get some problem". I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. When you repost elsewhere, you're going to need to explain to the folk there what exactly you mean by *that* phrase, too. I am new for this OS "This OS", be it Windows Vista or 7, isn't what this here group's about. Please help me. How can i do? -- embertin |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? Nope that won't work... you need to create free space on the drive then install Linux there |
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How can i do..?
"embertin" wrote in message ... Hey guys, I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux.. But, i get some problem while installtion.. I need to overwrite on Windows 7 not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? Nope that won't work... you need to create free space on the drive then install Linux there |
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How can i do..?
embertin wrote:
I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux. So this is a question on Windows XP how? But, i get some problem while installtion. Oh yes. The single error that occurs in all OS installations. No other errors are possible. That means just saying "some problem" always refers to the one error. When you take you car in for a repair, do you tell them to fix "some problem"? I need to overwrite on Windows 7 Oh, now its Windows 7, not Windows Vista. Please review your posts before you submit them. not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? The installation CD for the new OS should offer the option of reformatting a partition. So have it format your old OS partition and install the new OS there. There are lots of linux newsgroups. Ask there. |
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How can i do..?
embertin wrote:
I have Window Vista in my new laptop and i want to install linux. So this is a question on Windows XP how? But, i get some problem while installtion. Oh yes. The single error that occurs in all OS installations. No other errors are possible. That means just saying "some problem" always refers to the one error. When you take you car in for a repair, do you tell them to fix "some problem"? I need to overwrite on Windows 7 Oh, now its Windows 7, not Windows Vista. Please review your posts before you submit them. not remove windows. I am new for this OS, Please help me. How can i do? The installation CD for the new OS should offer the option of reformatting a partition. So have it format your old OS partition and install the new OS there. There are lots of linux newsgroups. Ask there. |
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