rotate monitor display

Hi,

I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I used to
use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
Geforce FX 5200.

Thanks, Richard

"Pavel A." wrote:

> "Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CEB03A1E-BD66-4677-9B0E-808AD28A5473@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90?. I used to
> > use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> > Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> > Geforce FX 5200.
> >
>
> Rotation now seems to be in the standard display properties (RC1).
>
> --PA
>

I can't see anything there. Just resolution, colours, and the pictures of
the monitors. Not in advanced settings either.

"Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CEB03A1E-BD66-4677-9B0E-808AD28A5473@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90?. I used to
> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> Geforce FX 5200.
>

Rotation now seems to be in the standard display properties (RC1).

--PA

I'm in the same situation as Richard. I don't see any rotation options in
display properties. Using RC1 Build 5728.

"Pavel A." wrote:

> "Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CEB03A1E-BD66-4677-9B0E-808AD28A5473@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90?. I used to
> > use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> > Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> > Geforce FX 5200.
> >
>
> Rotation now seems to be in the standard display properties (RC1).
>
> --PA
>
>
>

Richard
I have the same problem with my Geforce 4Ti4600 card.
After searching for a long time I discovered that the Nvidia Vista drivers
did not support my card, however it does list your card.
Are you using the Vista drivers? here:
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winvi..._96.33_uk.html
My drivers are the default Microsoft XDDM drivers which obviously dont have
any support for rotating.
Hope this helps you or anyone else having this problem.

"Richard" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I used to
> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> Geforce FX 5200.
>
> Thanks, Richard

Okay, I just installed RC2 (Build 5744) and now I am able to rotate my second
monitor into portrait using the free iRotate software. I have a GeForce 7300
GT and it's using the Microsoft driver. The Nvidia 96.33 Forceware will not
install in RC2 for me.

Also, after I updated I lost the Aero glass effects and I can't figure out
how to get it back.

I also have some pixel artifacts that appear in blocks along the bottom of
my screen. They come and go. This was also happening in the previous build
(5728, I think).

"Richard" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I used to
> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> Geforce FX 5200.
>
> Thanks, Richard

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THE nVidia 96.33 DRIVERS!!!!

After I installed them, and re-ran the performance scan, I had a video
rating of 1.0.
Uninstalled 96.33, rescanned, and my video performance went up to 4.6.
I have a 7600GS card.

"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F74EE17-6F2B-488F-BA94-A26B4DC30E32@microsoft.com...
> Okay, I just installed RC2 (Build 5744) and now I am able to rotate my
> second
> monitor into portrait using the free iRotate software. I have a GeForce
> 7300
> GT and it's using the Microsoft driver. The Nvidia 96.33 Forceware will
> not
> install in RC2 for me.
>
> Also, after I updated I lost the Aero glass effects and I can't figure out
> how to get it back.
>
> I also have some pixel artifacts that appear in blocks along the bottom of
> my screen. They come and go. This was also happening in the previous build
> (5728, I think).
>
> "Richard" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I used
>> to
>> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on
>> Vista.
>> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
>> Geforce FX 5200.
>>
>> Thanks, Richard

Well here is the latest...

I removed my graphics adpater in device manager and then did a scan for
hardware changes and let it reinstall the Microsoft WDDM driver that came
with RC2. Immediately after that I had the Aero Glass effects back. Then I
used iRotate to turn my second monitor 90 degrees. It did the rotation, but I
lost the Aero effects and could not get them back even after putting the
second monitor back to normal landscape.

My graphics performance score is 4.3... whatever that means.

I still have the stray pixel artifacts that keep appearing and it's driving
me bonkers.

"DCR" wrote:

> PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THE nVidia 96.33 DRIVERS!!!!
>
> After I installed them, and re-ran the performance scan, I had a video
> rating of 1.0.
> Uninstalled 96.33, rescanned, and my video performance went up to 4.6.
> I have a 7600GS card.
>
> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F74EE17-6F2B-488F-BA94-A26B4DC30E32@microsoft.com...
> > Okay, I just installed RC2 (Build 5744) and now I am able to rotate my
> > second
> > monitor into portrait using the free iRotate software. I have a GeForce
> > 7300
> > GT and it's using the Microsoft driver. The Nvidia 96.33 Forceware will
> > not
> > install in RC2 for me.
> >
> > Also, after I updated I lost the Aero glass effects and I can't figure out
> > how to get it back.
> >
> > I also have some pixel artifacts that appear in blocks along the bottom of
> > my screen. They come and go. This was also happening in the previous build
> > (5728, I think).
> >
> > "Richard" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I used
> >> to
> >> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on
> >> Vista.
> >> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> >> Geforce FX 5200.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Richard
>
>
>

Remove the nVidia 96.33 drivers through Control Panel.
You could have just rolled back the drivers using Device Manager's video
adapter properties.

"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF535CC1-591A-4320-8B9D-FD88AC9FC4C8@microsoft.com...
> Well here is the latest...
>
> I removed my graphics adpater in device manager and then did a scan for
> hardware changes and let it reinstall the Microsoft WDDM driver that came
> with RC2. Immediately after that I had the Aero Glass effects back. Then I
> used iRotate to turn my second monitor 90 degrees. It did the rotation,
> but I
> lost the Aero effects and could not get them back even after putting the
> second monitor back to normal landscape.
>
> My graphics performance score is 4.3... whatever that means.
>
> I still have the stray pixel artifacts that keep appearing and it's
> driving
> me bonkers.
>
> "DCR" wrote:
>
>> PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THE nVidia 96.33 DRIVERS!!!!
>>
>> After I installed them, and re-ran the performance scan, I had a video
>> rating of 1.0.
>> Uninstalled 96.33, rescanned, and my video performance went up to 4.6.
>> I have a 7600GS card.
>>
>> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F74EE17-6F2B-488F-BA94-A26B4DC30E32@microsoft.com...
>> > Okay, I just installed RC2 (Build 5744) and now I am able to rotate my
>> > second
>> > monitor into portrait using the free iRotate software. I have a GeForce
>> > 7300
>> > GT and it's using the Microsoft driver. The Nvidia 96.33 Forceware will
>> > not
>> > install in RC2 for me.
>> >
>> > Also, after I updated I lost the Aero glass effects and I can't figure
>> > out
>> > how to get it back.
>> >
>> > I also have some pixel artifacts that appear in blocks along the bottom
>> > of
>> > my screen. They come and go. This was also happening in the previous
>> > build
>> > (5728, I think).
>> >
>> > "Richard" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90º. I
>> >> used
>> >> to
>> >> use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on
>> >> Vista.
>> >> Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is
>> >> a
>> >> Geforce FX 5200.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks, Richard
>>
>>
>>

Apologies, I've overlooked these replies.
The screen rotation option is in Control Panel, Tablet PC settings, Display.
There you can select portrait or landscape mode.

Regards,
--PA



"Sue" wrote:
> I'm in the same situation as Richard. I don't see any rotation options in
> display properties. Using RC1 Build 5728.
>
> "Pavel A." wrote:
>
> > "Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CEB03A1E-BD66-4677-9B0E-808AD28A5473@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a dual monitor setup with one of the monitors rotated 90?. I used to
> > > use nView or Pivot Pro on Win XP but neither of these will install on Vista.
> > > Is there any other software that would do the job? My graphics card is a
> > > Geforce FX 5200.
> > >
> >
> > Rotation now seems to be in the standard display properties (RC1).
> >
> > --PA
> >
> >
> >

[lancea]

Originally Posted by Pavel A.

Apologies, I've overlooked these replies.
The screen rotation option is in Control Panel, Tablet PC settings, Display.
There you can select portrait or landscape mode.

Today I installed Vista Ultimate retail and also became frustrated when I couldn't put one of my two monitors into portrait mode. My card is an FX5200 and the latest beta from nVidia don't support it. I was therefore very pleased to find your post. But what an odd place to change the orientation! Problem is, changing the orientation was a bad thing to try on my PC.

After selecting portrait mode for one monitor, I clicked Apply. Unfortunately there is no 15 second timer to revert the display if things go pear shaped. After I clicked Apply, both displays went blank apart from a cursor on one. Alt+Ctrl+Del brought back a normal screen (in portrait mode), but I could only log off or shutdown. Even Task Manager wouldn't appear - the displays just went blank again.

My solution was to restart in Safe Mode, go into Device Manager and remove the nVidia driver. After restarting in Normal Mode, I went into Device Manager again, selected the video card and clicked "Update driver". Then I configured the monitor settings again.

I retried changing the orientation with the Tablet applet several times, but each time my displays went blank and I had to repeat my fix. Most annoying and very time consuming. I'll try the rotation utility that's mentioned above, but it's been a long day. Installing Vista took just under half an hour. Reinstalling just some of my apps has taken much longer. As for the peripherals - looks like it will be some months before I'll have all them working. Vista Ultimate was expensive, and now I've got almost $2000 of hardware (scanner, printer, TV card, colorimeter) that no longer works!