Any difference when you run CMD.EXE as opposed to COMMAND.COM (from the "Start" menu, "Run...")?

Also, it's going to be tough to do this without a functional command prompt, but can you check your SYSTEM32 directory for the following files? (ignore win32k.sys)

1C:\WINNT\system32>dir /od *.sys
2 Volume in drive C is System Win2K
3 Volume Serial Number is F43C-7187
4
5 Directory of C:\WINNT\system32
6
707/12/1999  08:00               29'146 ntdos804.sys
807/12/1999  08:00                9'029 ansi.sys
907/12/1999  08:00                4'768 himem.sys
1007/12/1999  08:00               42'793 key01.sys
1107/12/1999  08:00               42'521 keyboard.sys
1207/12/1999  08:00               34'528 ntio404.sys
1307/12/1999  08:00               29'146 ntdos404.sys
1407/12/1999  08:00               29'370 ntdos411.sys
1507/12/1999  08:00               29'274 ntdos412.sys
1607/12/1999  08:00               35'392 ntio412.sys
1707/12/1999  08:00               33'808 ntio.sys
1807/12/1999  08:00               35'632 ntio411.sys
1907/12/1999  08:00               34'528 ntio804.sys
2017/12/1999  01:00                6'752 PfModNT.sys
2104/05/2001  12:05               27'097 country.sys
2204/05/2001  12:05              187'024 spcmdcon.sys
2304/05/2001  12:05               27'866 NTDOS.SYS
2430/10/2001  08:57            1'730'160 WIN32K.SYS
25              18 File(s)      2'368'834 bytes

CMD.EXE should really work, though, so try the DIR in there.

V.

Remind me please, Vlad, how he's supposed to get a DIR listing if he can't view his command prompts? 😉

Okay, guy. I'm thinking there's a really simple fix for this one.

Run CMD instead of COMMAND. (COMMAND is a W9x remnant, CMD is NT's superior replacement.) Single-click on the icon in the upper-left corner of the window and choose "Properties". Go to the "Font" tab and choose your font to be first "Raster Fonts", then "Lucida Console". If that doesn't fix the problem, then try going into the "Colours" tab and ensure that your colours are the following:

[a note before I start: The information I list below is basically just ANSI colour data. The first number is the number of the colour box, 0-15 (there should be 16 of these lined up mid-window), the second is the value for RED, the third is the value for GREEN, and the last is the value for BLUE. Hopefully this isn't too confusing, but I have to squint to keep my eyes open at the moment, so suffice it to say my English might not be completely together at the moment.]

0,0,0,0
1,0,0,128
2,0,128,0
3,0,128,128
4,128,0,0
5,128,0,128
6,128,128,0
7,192,192,192
8,128,128,128
9,0,0,255
10,0,255,0
11,0,255,255
12,255,0,0
13,255,0,255
14,255,255,0
15,255,255,255

Then, select the first radio box, "Screen Text" and set this to the lighter grey (index #7). Select the second radio box, "Screen Background" and set this to black (index #0). You can do whatever with the popup colours, and of course, feel free to customise the colours to whatever you want them to be -- this is just the default.
Bah, I've said too much. Sorry.