Use Command Prompt Properties To Increase Screen Buffer
Windows 2000 Professional Tricks
Use Command-Prompt Properties to Increase Screen Buffer:
Many professional people in Computer Support and Information Technology — while appreciative of GUI interfaces — really live on the command line. Many utilities have all sorts of esoteric switches that can be hard to remember.
Often, using program_name /? to tell you what those switches are returns more information than the screen buffer can hold. There is always program_name /? | more, or you can dump the output to a text file using program_name /? > text_file_name.txt.
A better way in Windows 2000 (also in Windows NT 4.0) is to change the command-window Properties.
Here's how:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, then click Command Prompt.
Right-click anywere on the title bar of the Command Prompt window, then click Properties.
On the Layout tab, under Screen Buffer Size, increase the Height value. 100 seems about right for me. Click OK.
In the dialogue box that then appears, choose "Modify shortcut that started this window" to make this change permanent for future Command Prompt windows started from the Command Prompt icon on the Start Menu.
