Microsoft KB Archive/126782

Road Atlas: Video Display Goes Blank After Exiting a Map

PSS ID Number: Q126782 Article last modified on 06-01-1995

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MS-DOS

= SYMPTOM =

When you exit a map in Microsoft Automap Road Atlas for MS-DOS, the video display may go blank. The problem occurs most often on a VGA monochrome display when an improper video display setting for your computer has been selected.

= RESOLUTION =

To reset the video display to 80 columns type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:

mode 80

For more information about the MODE command, see your Microsoft MS-DOS manual. Systems running Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 and later can access comprehensive information about MS-DOS commands by typing “help” (without the quotation marks) at the MS-DOS command prompt.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If you have an EGA or VGA display, you can change the size of the characters on the video display. Road Atlas for MS-DOS was designed to display the maps at 80 columns. If the computer system was configured to a resolution other than 80 columns, the map may not appear, or it may appear corrupted.

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