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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
Windows XP on laptop.
I was just typing away in Excel, with other applications open as well, Word, Lotus Notes, Communicator, etc. and the whole screen went upside down! Not just the application window but the whole desktop, ie the date is now in the top left corner and upside down. I don't think I did a key-shortcut and I cannot find any help to resolve this. Many thanks in advance DeanH |
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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
Found it!
AltGr+cursor key (not sure if it is down, left, or up) but I am back in the rightside up world again. "DeanH" wrote: Windows XP on laptop. I was just typing away in Excel, with other applications open as well, Word, Lotus Notes, Communicator, etc. and the whole screen went upside down! Not just the application window but the whole desktop, ie the date is now in the top left corner and upside down. I don't think I did a key-shortcut and I cannot find any help to resolve this. Many thanks in advance DeanH |
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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
DeanH wrote:
Found it! AltGr+cursor key (not sure if it is down, left, or up) but I am back in the rightside up world again. "DeanH" wrote: Windows XP on laptop. I was just typing away in Excel, with other applications open as well, Word, Lotus Notes, Communicator, etc. and the whole screen went upside down! Not just the application window but the whole desktop, ie the date is now in the top left corner and upside down. I don't think I did a key-shortcut and I cannot find any help to resolve this. Many thanks in advance DeanH Look in the Display Options and you can turn off this feature so it won't happen again. -- Joe =o) |
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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
Thanks Elmo.
What exactly am I looking for, to disable? I have already been to the Control Panel, Display (that is were I first went to when it happened) but cannot see, even under the advanced options something that describes what happened. Thanks DeanH "Elmo" wrote: DeanH wrote: Found it! AltGr+cursor key (not sure if it is down, left, or up) but I am back in the rightside up world again. "DeanH" wrote: Windows XP on laptop. I was just typing away in Excel, with other applications open as well, Word, Lotus Notes, Communicator, etc. and the whole screen went upside down! Not just the application window but the whole desktop, ie the date is now in the top left corner and upside down. I don't think I did a key-shortcut and I cannot find any help to resolve this. Many thanks in advance DeanH Look in the Display Options and you can turn off this feature so it won't happen again. -- Joe =o) |
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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
DeanH wrote:
Thanks Elmo. What exactly am I looking for, to disable? I have already been to the Control Panel, Display (that is were I first went to when it happened) but cannot see, even under the advanced options something that describes what happened. Thanks DeanH "Elmo" wrote: DeanH wrote: Found it! AltGr+cursor key (not sure if it is down, left, or up) but I am back in the rightside up world again. "DeanH" wrote: Windows XP on laptop. I was just typing away in Excel, with other applications open as well, Word, Lotus Notes, Communicator, etc. and the whole screen went upside down! Not just the application window but the whole desktop, ie the date is now in the top left corner and upside down. I don't think I did a key-shortcut and I cannot find any help to resolve this. Many thanks in advance DeanH Look in the Display Options and you can turn off this feature so it won't happen again. I've only seen it on one system, can't remember exactly where the option was, but you want to turn off the shortcut keys to rotate the screen. It should be in the Adapter or other graphics card properties area. If you post the model number, I'll try to look it up. -- Joe =o) |
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Urgent Help - Windows rotated 180deg!
"DeanH" wrote in message
... What exactly am I looking for, to disable? There are a lot of brands of laptops, and lots of models available within each brand. You want Elmo or anyone else looking up the info for ALL laptops? Might be described in the manual that came with your laptop. If you can't find it, go look on the manufacturer's web site for an online copy of the manual. It may describe the various key combos available for that brand and model. |
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Thanks Elmo
No, I don't want anyone to look for any info for ALL laptops.
Initially Elmo mentioned that the problem could be linked to the Display settings, which I took for being uniform for WindowsXP. If it is specific to laptop model, then I shall do some searching. Many thanks Elmo. All the best "VanguardLH" wrote: "DeanH" wrote in message ... What exactly am I looking for, to disable? There are a lot of brands of laptops, and lots of models available within each brand. You want Elmo or anyone else looking up the info for ALL laptops? Might be described in the manual that came with your laptop. If you can't find it, go look on the manufacturer's web site for an online copy of the manual. It may describe the various key combos available for that brand and model. |
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