He was on the pc this morning and then suddenly he wasn't. When I asked him why he told me he had broken it :o

I switched it on and everything was upside down, words folders, even the welcome screen.

I practically had to stand on my head to do a system restore which fixed it, but does anybody know what he did? :huh:

did he press some of the buttons on the monitor?

no I thought that so I went to the monitor menu and that was the right way around :)

go in your VGA options and flip it back round :hihi:

I think Alt + the direction keys changes the picture orientation. I don't feel like giving it a try myself right now though.

I think Alt + the direction keys changes the picture orientation. I don't feel like giving it a try myself right now though.

neither do I :hihi:

My three year old did this to my pc last year. I didnt know at the time that its simple to fix-- I forget how to do it now, but I set the system restore the same way that you did.
Somewhere on the forum are instructions to set it all right, I remember seeing the thread a few weeks ago, so unless the thread was deleted in the cull, itll still be around somewhere.

A lot of graphics drivers have options for rotation in them. Exactly where the option is will vary depending on the manufacturer.

neither do I :hihi:

Just tried and it dont work.

I think Alt + the direction keys changes the picture orientation. I don't feel like giving it a try myself right now though.

i just tried that and it dint work :P

Try Control, Alt and the Up arrow key at the same time. Otherwise maybe its this :

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;826480

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I thnik it's the other ALT key - the Alt Gr.

id have just turned monitor upside down :hihi:

id have just turned monitor upside down :hihi:

Thats what I had to do.
The damn thing was upside down for a week before I learned about setting the comp back.

just done it on mine lmao
not that easy to control mouse to set it back

just done it on mine lmao
not that easy to control mouse to set it back

Tell me about it! :hihi:

It's a property of the Intel graphics driver (other manufacturers may also use it) you can rotate the screen with the ALTGR key and the direction arrows - fun to do on someones PC who doesn't know about it :)

id have just turned monitor upside down :hihi:
not supposed to do that, unless the monitors made for it

some mame games your supposed to do that, think ive got an old playstation shoot em up with a game mode your supposed to do that with yer telly too

It is ctrl-alt-[directional cursor] to rotate the screen... and kids always have a knack of doing it!

It is definitely a puzzler the first time you see it. :D

You can go into the display properties and turn of these 'hot keys' fortunately!


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My son and I have both been trying to turn our screen images :hihi: :hihi: - but none of the CTRL/ALT things work at all :( , so maybe all the 'hot' keys have been turned off!! Steve went into the settings on the control panel and tried it and it worked then though. Think I might try it at work on mine first, then on someone else's :hihi: :hihi: !!!!

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The hot keys only work if you have an Intel graphics chipset, and the hotkey application installed and running.

He was on the pc this morning and then suddenly he wasn't. When I asked him why he told me he had broken it :o

I switched it on and everything was upside down, words folders, even the welcome screen.

I practically had to stand on my head to do a system restore which fixed it, but does anybody know what he did? :huh:

No pocket money for a month! Thats what i'd do! :)