Strange screen rotate problem

[John]

Hi



Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't know
what to do and am looking for any help I can get.



A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on her
Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed which
caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know which keys
were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated her monitor
90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at the moment.
Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the solution?



Thanks



Regards

 

[Jon Scott]

"John" wrote...
> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on
> her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed
> which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know
> which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated
> her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at
> the moment. Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the
> solution?


Depends on the video card and graphic drivers. With NVidia drivers, you can
go to the display properties and fix it:

right-click desktop, select Properties
go to Settings tab and click Advanced
on the GeForce tab, select the NVRotate node
select Landscape and click OK twice

She probably has a hotkey assigned to this function.

Jon.

 

[NM]

hello John you wrote

> Hi
>
>
>
> Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I
> don't know what to do and am looking for any help I can get.
>
>
>
> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned
> on her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were
> pressed which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does
> not know which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image,
> she has rotated her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is
> working like this at the moment. Does anyone know what may have
> caused this and what is the solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Regards

"Alt Gr" + Arrow up or down.

 

[JS]

Some graphics cards come with utilities or an option to rotate your display.
Most likely to be found in the Display/Advanced option.

Click on Start/Control Panel/Display/Setting Tab, Advanced button or it
could be an
Icon in the control panel specifically for the Video Card you have.

The following may also work: CTRL+ALT+Up arrow on some but not all video
cards.

JS

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uBoRtWnuHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
>
>
> Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't
> know what to do and am looking for any help I can get.
>
>
>
> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on
> her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed
> which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know
> which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated
> her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at
> the moment. Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the
> solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>

 

[Teneo]

GOOGLE...lol

http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t147312-rotate-display-on-inspiron.html

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=rotate+screen+alt+arrow+dell&meta=


"JS" <@> wrote in message news:ui%23JonnuHHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Some graphics cards come with utilities or an option to rotate your
> display.
> Most likely to be found in the Display/Advanced option.
>
> Click on Start/Control Panel/Display/Setting Tab, Advanced button or it
> could be an
> Icon in the control panel specifically for the Video Card you have.
>
> The following may also work: CTRL+ALT+Up arrow on some but not all video
> cards.
>
> JS
>
> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uBoRtWnuHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't
>> know what to do and am looking for any help I can get.
>>
>>
>>
>> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on
>> her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed
>> which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know
>> which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated
>> her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at
>> the moment. Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the
>> solution?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]]

In the system tray on the right hand side is a monitor control panel
icon. She hit a hot key.

Teneo wrote:
> GOOGLE...lol
>
> http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t147312-rotate-display-on-inspiron.html
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=rotate+screen+alt+arrow+dell&meta=
>
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:ui%23JonnuHHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>> Some graphics cards come with utilities or an option to rotate your
>> display.
>> Most likely to be found in the Display/Advanced option.
>>
>> Click on Start/Control Panel/Display/Setting Tab, Advanced button or it
>> could be an
>> Icon in the control panel specifically for the Video Card you have.
>>
>> The following may also work: CTRL+ALT+Up arrow on some but not all video
>> cards.
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:uBoRtWnuHHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't
>>> know what to do and am looking for any help I can get.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on
>>> her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed
>>> which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know
>>> which keys were pressed. To compensate for rotated image, she has rotated
>>> her monitor 90 degrees in the other direction and is working like this at
>>> the moment. Does anyone know what may have caused this and what is the
>>> solution?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:48:19 +0100, "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi
>
>
>
> Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't know
> what to do and am looking for any help I can get.
>
>
>
> A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on her
> Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed which
> caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees.


It's actually a common problem.

It's a feature of her video card, to support using a monitor that
works in portrait orientation. Try Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow (or sometimes
Ctrl-Shift-R).


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]]

The graphics card's mfg's interface, accessable via control panel or
screen properties, should contain information about hotkey assignments
and how to change them.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]