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Thread: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

  1. #1
    Gordon Biggar Guest

    Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    I have a Dell desktop, using a Vista 64-bit platform. I accidentally hit
    the keyboard with my hand, which caused the desktop to rotate 90 degrees
    ccw. How do I go about rotating the screen back to normal?

    Gordon Biggar
    Houston, Texas


  2. #2
    Dominic Payer Guest

    Re: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    Look in your system tray for a screen properties icon, probably either
    ATI or nView. That will include the screen rotation option.

    Your Dell manual may tell you what the relevant keyboard shortcuts are.

  3. #3
    Dave Guest

    Re: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    Try
    Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow

  4. #4
    Gordon Biggar Guest

    Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    How to feel dumb in one easy lesson ---

    It dawned on me to right-click on the desktop and go to Graphics
    Options\Rotation. But, thanks for your very prompt response, regardless!

  5. #5
    Ken Blake, MVP Guest

    Re: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video
    card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait
    orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and
    some arrow key.

    Rotate it back using those keys.

  6. #6
    Stan Starinski Guest

    Re: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    You can rotate desktop also thru VideDriver, e.g. here we use nVidia and
    there's an option for normal or roatated desktop for monitors which can
    rotate to show letters, etc documents vertically, because such documents are
    indeed best viewed veritically unlike normal computer display.

    Perhaps you accidentally enabled rotation in those options, check....


  7. #7
    Allen Guest

    Re: Desktop has rotated 90 degrees ccw!

    Is the keyboard a model SK-8115? I have all kinds of trouble when I even
    sightly graze mine. It will do interesting things like wipe out an email
    I'm working on, usually unsalvageable with the edit key.
    Allen

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