dos games do not play in full screen

[xseveredx]

I have windows xp and whenever I try to play commander keen or any other DOS game, it does not take up the whole screen it takes up the screen partially and I can not see some areas on the screen. The rest of the screen is just black and has nothing to display. This is not a huge problem but it's a big nuisance.

[Tuf]

If they run in a true DOS environment you can try hitting F7. If not you'll have reduce your screen resolution to their native size which is probably 640X480.

[xseveredx]

My monitor does not have a setting for a 640x480 resolution, however, I used the compatiability properties in Xp to have it show in 640x480 resolution. The games are not run in a true DOS environment.

[mike breck]

A lot of DOS games assign a keyboard key to allow you to increase or decrease the size of the screen. Have a good look at all your in-game options.

With many games the + and - keys can do this.

Not sure if this will work in XP tho.

HTH

[xseveredx]

it doesn't work. There has to be some type of solution or there has to be something that I did to make it go into full screen because it has only been on full screen once.

[lil Jimmie]

Try installing the games with the XP Compatibility Wizard and specify the screen resolution you want the game to run at.