fp & vista

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:54:27 -0500):

> When asked his whereabouts on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:50:23AM -0500,
> Kenneth Brody took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred:
>>
>> filePro will, if Vista allows it.  On some computers, Vista will refuse to
>> let you put a console window into "full screen" mode, and will insist that
>> you use "windowed" mode.
>
> Has anyone perchance nailed this down to a specific release of Vista?
> Perhaps that feature is only in Professional and Ultimate, for instance.

It's not the release of Vista, but rather the video device driver.

     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926657

It is also my understanding that fullscreen mode has been deprecated by
Microsoft, and anything that is actually fully compliant with Vista's
requirements will forbid fullscreen mode.

-- 
Kenneth Brody