post screenshots because your post doesnt make too much sense

It sounds like you enabled screen zoom in Win7. Make sure it's set at 100% or you'll see cropped images inside your programs windows.

THAnx for the replies. I have posted the snaps in sequential order , right from opening DOS box , to loading WIN 3.1 to loading the game.

I have pasted the config from the conf file. The one which are hashed are which I tried to no avail..

# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
#fullscreen=true
#fullscreen
#set cycles=max
#cycles=auto 5000 80% limit 20000
#windowresolution=1024x768
#fullresolution=1024x768
#fullresolution=800x600
#fullresolution=original
#fullscreen=true
#windowresolution=800x600
#fullresolution=1024x768
windowresolution=1366x768
fullresolution=1366x768
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
#output=surface
output=surface
#autolock=false
[/i]sensitivity=100
aspect=true[/i]
#scaler=false

#aspect=4x3
#output=opengl
#hwscale=2.00
cycles=auto 3000 80% limit 15000
[/i]

set your win7 taskbar to auto hide
try fullscreen=true
or
aspect=false

Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. Made those changes , still the problem remains.
Auto-hide or aspect or full screen corrections as suggested did not help and the issue remains in place the same way.
What could possibly be bugging?

aeronix wrote:

Made those changes , still the problem remains.

Which problem?

Pressing ALT+ENTER will toggle fullscreen.

Jorpho wrote:

Which problem?

Pressing ALT+ENTER will toggle fullscreen.

THe problems which started this thread. Alt + Enter hangs the screen. There is no cursor blink. I have to come back to normal mode to see things again...

Then you should try changing "output=surface" to one of the other options, or try updating your video card drivers.

I think I am using a fairly modern notebook. Any spec on the video drivers?
Output = Surface is already on.

aeronix wrote:

I think I am using a fairly modern notebook. Any spec on the video drivers?

I have no idea what notebook you are using or what kind of video drivers you might need. All I can suggest is to check the manufacturer's website to see if there are any updates available.

Output = Surface is already on.

It is not a matter of being "on", it is a matter of changing it to overlay, opengl, openglnb, or ddraw .

Once again thanks for trying to help. I tried this and to no avail. If someone is using the same environment as me , might be I can tap on. Meanwhile I have added this game "BOW AND ARROW" which works thru Win 3.1. Can you/anyone please run and if fine post the config here. The error screens which I recd are already posted in my 2nd post. I am desperate to get it going. My fear is that I am going wrong with the config only.Thanks.

The specific program you are trying to run does not really have anything to do with the particular problem you are experiencing.

aeronix wrote:

Once again thanks for trying to help. I tried this and to no avail.

What exactly did you try?

Put aside Windows for now. Does DOSBox function normally in fullscreen (i.e. after pressing ALT+ENTER) before launching Windows 3.x?

I notice that your screenshots are all 800x600. Does your computer work correctly when you set your desktop resolution to 1366x768, as you have inserted in your dosbox.conf?

Regards the first query , I tried changing output to opengl , ddraw etc and nothing worked.

Pressing Alt + enter (IMMEDIATELY ON LAUNCHING DOS BOX) gives the full screen , but disallows typing anything. Literally hangs . TO get it to working I have to come out of it again by Alt+enter.

I also tried changing the res of the desktop to 13
66x768 and mirrored it in the conf. The DOS box starts as a small box in the middle , and the screen maximize square als0 does not work..
At a higher res though the Win>> game window comes within the screen , but in no way the full screen sought of.

Inching on towards a solution surely...

aeronix wrote:

I also tried changing the res of the desktop to 13
66x768 and mirrored it in the conf. The DOS box starts as a small box in the middle , and the screen maximize square als0 does not work..
At a higher res though the Win>> game window comes within the screen , but in no way the full screen sought of.

It is extremely difficult to understand what you are trying to say.

Does pressing ALT+Enter always result in a frozen screen, regadless of what setting you use for "output=" ? What if you use fullresolution=desktop ?

Jorpho wrote:

aeronix wrote:

I also tried changing the res of the desktop to 13
66x768 and mirrored it in the conf. The DOS box starts as a small box in the middle , and the screen maximize square als0 does not work..
At a higher res though the Win>> game window comes within the screen , but in no way the full screen sought of.

It is extremely difficult to understand what you are trying to say.

Does pressing ALT+Enter always result in a frozen screen, regadless of what setting you use for "output=" ? What if you use fullresolution=desktop ?

1.I think I had been clear in trying to convey what I saw in my screen.

2.Yes ALT + Enter always renders a non-functional cursor, whatever typed is not visible . In all modes of output ir surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb, or ddraw. I have attached a snap.

3. Even with that , I tried to load win . The word typed "win"is not visible but surprisingly window loads , but hangs thereafter.I am unable to move the cursor. Also eventhough the snap indicates more space, only the area within the red boundary is visible in the console.

aeronix wrote:

#scaler=false
#aspect=4x3
#hwscale=2.00

seems like an older .conf file

What does older conf mean? I am using the latest DOS Box 0.74.

Also Alt+Enter hangs the screen when I enter the dosbox or Win3.1 subsequently. I believe going we are getiing near the solution.

aeronix wrote:

What does older conf mean? I am using the latest DOS Box 0.74.

Your dosbox.conf seems to have options that were only used with older versions of DOSBox and that are not used in DOSBox 0.74.

You should start over fresh. Use the "Reset Options" entry in the DOSBox Start menu group, and then try the different options for "output" again, without changing anything else, and see if DOSBox still freezes when you try to go fullscreen.

Actually:

aeronix wrote:

# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
#fullscreen=true

Are you just sticking in lines at the end of your dosbox.conf ? Because that's not going to do anything! After you reset the options, you have to find the line that already says "output=surface" and change that. Don't add new lines!

Also Alt+Enter hangs the screen when I enter the dosbox or Win3.1 subsequently. I believe going we are getiing near the solution.

Isn't that exactly what it was doing before..?