TOrientation Issues after sleep
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From: Invalid on 4 Apr 2008 08:32 In message <AE7FEF02-5AC9-48DB-9A70-F37E9CBFCA80(a)microsoft.com>, Dan Swartz <DanSwartz(a)discussions.microsoft.com> writes >Funny you mentioned the landscape and standby to reset it. >After I posted my previous message I went through a couple of other tests >rotating standby, reset etc and poof it started working correctly. >Wierd. > >Anyway thanks for the help! No problem, you just confirmed that it was probably a bad entry in whatever registry key(?) the data about screen size/orientation was stored in. > >"Invalid" wrote: > >> In message <FF0FE6A1-EBBC-4483-8FC0-A5B7EC14F780(a)microsoft.com>, Dan >> Swartz <DanSwartz(a)discussions.microsoft.com> writes >> >Thanks for the response. >> > >> >Here is what I did: >> >1. As a Laptop, >> >Cold start comes up in landscape (as it should) >> >Restart, came back in landscape (as it should) >> >Standby, came back in landscape (Again as it should) >> > >> >2. As a tablet, >> >Cold start came up in portrait (as it should) >> >Restart, came back in portrait (as it should) >> >Standby, came back in landscape and switched back after I logged in using >> >the keyboard (wrong) >> > >> >3. I tried your suggestion about the password and that fixed the issue. >> >However this is not secure. I use my tablet for both corporate work and >> >personal. >> > >> >So I think you are correct, I think it is keeping that setting from >> >somewhere, but where? >> >I can't find anything in help or MS knowledge base on default settings other >> >than rotation sequence in the tablet settings. >> > >> >So it's half fixed. :-) >> > >> >Now what? >> > >> >"Invalid" wrote: >> > >> >> In message <123AD7EA-00D6-44B5-80E4-AE6326A35102(a)microsoft.com>, Dan >> >> Swartz <DanSwartz(a)discussions.microsoft.com> writes >> >> >First time tablet user here, long time PC user, and Vista user >> >> >since beta. >> >> >Anyway I just bought an HP 2710p Tablet, Vista Ultimate, all patches, not >> >> >SP1. Love it!! >> >> >Except for one issue. >> >> >I use it in tablet mode (protrait), keyboard tucked away. It goes into >> >> >standby either by timeout or I tap start, and the sleep button. >> >> >No problem. >> >> >When I wake it up (still in tablet portrait mode) the screen orients >> >> >(rotates) into landscape mode, uses half the screen and will not put up a >> >> >keybord or let me "write" in my password. >> >> >I have to unfold it into the laptop style, and use the keyboard >> >> >to enter my >> >> >password. Then while it is setting there in laptop mode, it rotates the >> >> >screen back to portrait. Now I can fold it all back into tablet mode and >> >> >everything works fine. >> >> >No functionality loss just very iritating. >> >> > >> >> >Anyone have any ideas? >> >> >Thanks in advance >> >> what orientation does it come up in if you boot it from old when folded >> >> as a tablet? >> >> >> >> What does it do if you set it up to restart from standby without a >> >> password (Control Panel/ Power Options) >> >> >> >> It could be that when it recovers from standby it is picking up the. >> >> settings for the default user until you put in the password. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Invalid >> >> >> My suspicion is that there is a corrupted key in the registry. Where >> however is a mystery. I don't really understand what settings MS uses >> when the system recovers from standby & hibernate before you put in a >> password. Some seem to be the user who has the machine locked, some are >> the default user. >> >> One idea you could try >> >> As a tablet, rotate the screen into landscape mode. Use it for something >> (anything) then put it into standby. >> >> See what it recovers to? >> >> If that works properly you may have reset the registry key - then go >> back to portrait mode and see whether things are fixed. >> >> Beyond that I would report the problem to HP. If it came like that, then >> they should fix it. It may be that a full system restore would do it >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Regards >> -- >> Peter R Cook >> -- Peter R Cook |