No display after full screen command prompt exit

[Guest Jim Ormsbee]

If I open a dos window (command prompt) and go full screen by pressing

alt-enter and then exit by typing 'exit'/enter, my display goes blank. The

same think happens if I press alt-enter a second time. After this I can

toggle using alt-enter between a full screen dos window and a blank display.

The keyboard seems to be fully functional. Knowing the keystrokes, I can

shutdown or restart windows, but I cannot seem to restore my desktop without

doing so. Also if I let the screen saver activate I seem to be in a

permanent blank screen. Any suggestions. Thank you.

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Jim Ormsbee

[Guest Elmo]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

Jim Ormsbee wrote:

> If I open a dos window (command prompt) and go full screen by pressing

> alt-enter and then exit by typing 'exit'/enter, my display goes blank. The

> same think happens if I press alt-enter a second time. After this I can

> toggle using alt-enter between a full screen dos window and a blank display.

> The keyboard seems to be fully functional. Knowing the keystrokes, I can

> shutdown or restart windows, but I cannot seem to restore my desktop without

> doing so. Also if I let the screen saver activate I seem to be in a

> permanent blank screen. Any suggestions. Thank you.

 

Try lowering graphics hardware acceleration slide. You can lower

graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings tab,

Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, you probably need

a different graphics card or drivers.

 

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Joe =o)

[Guest Jim Ormsbee]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

Thanks but that didn't work. I moved the slide to none with no change. Any

other thoughts? The adapter is listed as an Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Grapics

Controller. The driver version is 6.14.10.3943 dated 11/2/2004. "Driver

Detective" did not find any later driver.

--

Jim Ormsbee

 

 

"Elmo" wrote:

> Jim Ormsbee wrote:

> > If I open a dos window (command prompt) and go full screen by pressing

> > alt-enter and then exit by typing 'exit'/enter, my display goes blank. The

> > same think happens if I press alt-enter a second time. After this I can

> > toggle using alt-enter between a full screen dos window and a blank display.

> > The keyboard seems to be fully functional. Knowing the keystrokes, I can

> > shutdown or restart windows, but I cannot seem to restore my desktop without

> > doing so. Also if I let the screen saver activate I seem to be in a

> > permanent blank screen. Any suggestions. Thank you.

>

> Try lowering graphics hardware acceleration slide. You can lower

> graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings tab,

> Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, you probably need

> a different graphics card or drivers.

>

> --

> Joe =o)

>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

Try Intel.

http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel845g/

 

Jim Ormsbee wrote:

> Thanks but that didn't work. I moved the slide to none with no change. Any

> other thoughts? The adapter is listed as an Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Grapics

> Controller. The driver version is 6.14.10.3943 dated 11/2/2004. "Driver

> Detective" did not find any later driver.

[Guest Jim Ormsbee]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

I did find a later driver on Intel's site, which I installed. It seems to be

working now. "Driver Detective" doesn't seem to be quite up to date. Thanks.

--

Jim Ormsbee

 

 

"Bob I" wrote:

> Try Intel.

> http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel845g/

>

> Jim Ormsbee wrote:

>

> > Thanks but that didn't work. I moved the slide to none with no change. Any

> > other thoughts? The adapter is listed as an Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Grapics

> > Controller. The driver version is 6.14.10.3943 dated 11/2/2004. "Driver

> > Detective" did not find any later driver.

>

>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

You're welcome, thanks for posting back.

 

Jim Ormsbee wrote:

> I did find a later driver on Intel's site, which I installed. It seems to be

> working now. "Driver Detective" doesn't seem to be quite up to date. Thanks.

[Guest Munawwar]

Re: No display after full screen command prompt exit

 

i tried pressing alt+enter to enlarge the dos window.but it's a bit too

large(streched vertically).i cant see the first two lines(so the 3rd line

appears as the 1st line).

 

I tried on another computer.but,heh , the font,graphics, cursor etc are a

bit too small.(rest of the screen is black.hey but it still is a 640x480

graphic screen! & ?).

os is windows xp(both pcs).

 

How do i get the window to be of the right size?

Note: my knowledge about dos & windows is "too less".so iam not looking 4

complex solutions.

 

2nd question:

how do i run a program in the background?ie the console window must not be

visible.i made a program (a maze solver program) using the old turbo c++.the

program is too slow(probably due to bad algorithm).the program should be able

to recieve keystrokes even when "hidden" so that i can "unhide" the console

window whenever needed(i hav used c++ commands such as cin,bioskey()).is it

possible?its better, if i can do it by system calls.

 

That's all.

Thanks(in advance)

Munawwar