1. Open Command Prompt
2. Click the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Options tab.
4. In Command History, type or select 999 in Buffer Size, and then type or select 5 in Number of Buffers.
5. Click the Layout tab.
6. In Screen Buffer Size, type or select 9999 in Height.
7. In the Apply Properties dialog box, click Save properties for future windows with same title.

References

• http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/commandpromptoptions.mspx?mfr=true