Hi, Try playing with different term variables in putty I'm using rxvt and Esc[n~ settings (terminal -> keyboard in Putty) and I can use allmost all of keyboard function keys You can try http://www.autohotkey.com to simulate your missing combinations For example type ctrl+6, c , f1 in your dosemu window and you will obtain ctrl+f1 see ctrl+6 h for more info Best regards Alpar Kovacs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html