Microsoft KB Archive/78590

= Xerox XC 6060 Computer Hangs with MS-DOS ANSI.SYS =

Article ID: 78590

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78590



SUMMARY
Xerox has confirmed that when attempting to load ANSI.SYS from Microsoft MS- DOS Upgrade on a XEROX XC 6060 8086 computer, the system may hang or have screen scrolling difficulties.

To boot successfully or to correct screen problems, add the /S parameter to the ANSI.SYS line in the CONFIG.SYS file.



MORE INFORMATION
The XEROX xc 6060 computer screen may have difficulties performing the clear screen (CLS) function and with displaying a scrolling directory. To fix this behavior, Xerox recommends using the following syntax for ANSI.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file:   device=[drive:]\[path]ansi.sys /s The /S parameter for ANSI.SYS is an undocumented switch that will force the display into 25-line mode.

The Xerox xc 6060 computer is essentially the same computer as the ATT  For more information query on the following words:

ATT 6300 and ANSI.SYS



Additional query words: 3rdparty 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 hang LOCK-UP

Keywords: KB78590

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