Hello,

the cmd prompt scrolls VERY slowly in window mode, e.g. when typing a
'dir'. I find this rather annoying - does anybody know a solution what I
can do to make it scroll faster?

Thank you for helping,
greetings,
Gerhard

"Gerhard" <gerhard@freudenkinder.de> wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
>
> the cmd prompt scrolls VERY slowly in window mode, e.g. when typing a
> 'dir'. I find this rather annoying - does anybody know a solution what I
> can do to make it scroll faster?

Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My Computer",
"properties", "advanced", "Performance"?

/Al

In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Gerhard wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> the cmd prompt scrolls VERY slowly in window mode, e.g. when
> typing a 'dir'. I find this rather annoying - does anybody know
> a solution what I can do to make it scroll faster?

Try fullscreen CMD. If there is a huge difference in scrolling
speed, then I would guess that your system's video sub-system
components are or may to blame. Also check buffer size, fonts, etc.
settings for the windowsed CMD. A font choice might have a large
impact perhaps. (speculations)

Hello Mark,

> Try fullscreen CMD. If there is a huge difference in scrolling
> speed, then I would guess that your system's video sub-system
> components are or may to blame. Also check buffer size, fonts, etc.
> settings for the windowsed CMD. A font choice might have a large
> impact perhaps. (speculations)

thank your for your hint. Yes, it seems that there is some lack in my
computer - it's an ATI RAGE IIC graphics adaptor, which is not supported
by ATI drivers under Win 2k, there is only a MS driver for it. Many
voices on the usenet stated that the RAGE IIC is more or less
sub-optimal... :-(

Gerhard

Hi Al,

> Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My Computer",
> "properties", "advanced", "Performance"?

yes, it is set to "foreground application".

Gerhard

"Gerhard" <gerhard@freudenkinder.de> wrote in message
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> Hi Al,
>
>> Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My Computer",
>> "properties", "advanced", "Performance"?
>
> yes, it is set to "foreground application".

Good, but I meant are the visual effects configured for best performance?

/Al

Al Dunbar schrieb:

>>>Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My Computer",
>>>"properties", "advanced", "Performance"?
>>
>>yes, it is set to "foreground application".
>
> Good, but I meant are the visual effects configured for best performance?
>

where do I find these settings exactly?
Gerhard

Gerhard wrote:
> Al Dunbar schrieb:
>
>>>> Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My
>>>> Computer", "properties", "advanced", "Performance"?
>>>
>>> yes, it is set to "foreground application".
>>
>> Good, but I meant are the visual effects configured for best
>> performance?
>
> where do I find these settings exactly?

They are available on XP and higher. I assume you are running W2K at most.


--
Michael Harris
Microsoft MVP Scripting

Michael Harris (MVP) schrieb:
> Gerhard wrote:
>
>>Al Dunbar schrieb:
>>
>>>>>Not really on topic for this group, but have you looked at "My
>>>>>Computer", "properties", "advanced", "Performance"?
>>>>
>>>>yes, it is set to "foreground application".
>>>
>>>Good, but I meant are the visual effects configured for best
>>>performance?
>>
>>where do I find these settings exactly?
>
> They are available on XP and higher. I assume you are running W2K at most.

yes, I am running W2k here.

Gerhard