Screen upside down [Windows XP]

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From: Ken Blake, MVP on 2 Dec 2009 14:46

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:20:51 -0800, "Basharat A. Javaid"
<bjavaid(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I don't know which keys I pressed which caused my screen to rotate 180
> degrees - the screen is upside down! How do I rotate it back to the normal
> view? I have turned my monitor upside down so I can do some work.

The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video
card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait
orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and
some arrow key.

Rotate it back using those keys.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: desoto on 3 Dec 2009 06:56

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:20:51 -0800, "Basharat A. Javaid"
> <bjavaid(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > I don't know which keys I pressed which caused my screen to rotate 180
> > degrees - the screen is upside down! How do I rotate it back to the normal
> > view? I have turned my monitor upside down so I can do some work.
>
>
> The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video
> card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait
> orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and
> some arrow key.
>
> Rotate it back using those keys.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> .
>

From: desoto on 3 Dec 2009 07:00

From: Ken Blake, MVP on 3 Dec 2009 13:46

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:00:01 -0800, desoto
<desoto(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:20:51 -0800, "Basharat A. Javaid"
> > <bjavaid(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know which keys I pressed which caused my screen to rotate 180
> > > degrees - the screen is upside down! How do I rotate it back to the normal
> > > view? I have turned my monitor upside down so I can do some work.
> >
> >
> > The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video
> > card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait
> > orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and
> > some arrow key.
> >
> > Rotate it back using those keys.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> > .
> > wow, I must have done the same thing, only my screen was sideways.

That's the most common thing that happens.

> I ended up wiping the hard drive . took me a week to reload
> all updates i had lost etc. duuh

Ouch! Sorry you didn't ask before doing that.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: Ken on 9 Dec 2009 12:01

Doesn't mean he'll catch food. probably still have to get from your basket
:-)
ken
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Teach a man to fish..."
>
> Ken wrote:
>> Whos dumb idea of a *feature* was this? How does this benefit anybody?
>>
>>> See http://lmgtfy.com/?q=display+upside+down
>>>
>>> Basharat A. Javaid wrote:
>>>> I don't know which keys I pressed which caused my screen to rotate 180
>>>> degrees - the screen is upside down! How do I rotate it back to the
>>>> normal
>>>> view? I have turned my monitor upside down so I can do some work.

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