DOS Prompt still black after exit

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"rjpa" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're running Windows XP-SP2 on a Compaq Evo D510 SSF machine.
> We're running Novell Client 4.91-SP0 on these machines, and
> lately some of the machines have started acting weird:
>
> Whenever we launch a DOS PROMPT they go into fullscreen and
> when we type: EXIT or use ALT+ENTER the screen turns into
> black screen. We cannot do anything else than switch the power
> off
>
> But when the screen is black, we can reach the machine from
> elsewhere using Remote Connection.
>
> Does anyone know what the cause can bee? I've tried to set
> FullScreen in Registry to FALSE, but without any luck.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Rasmus.

Perhaps this is a graphics driver problem, try it with a different
full screen application that change the resolution, such as windows
media player visualations. If that works fine, I can’t think of any
other possibilities.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Do you obtain the prompt through launching: Novell Client or by "run"
command in windows? If so it may be a Novell Client problem.

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