Posted on 12/15/2004 2:09:32 PM PST by eccentric
Can anyone help me? The picture on my monitor has turned sideways, the top on the left, bottom on the right. I've rebooted twice. Tried the buttons on the monitor, propeties on thr right click.... Even swapped monitors with another computer. The picture is still sideways. I'm not even sure who to call about this. My ISP nephew says he has never heard of such a problem.
Does anyone know how I can fixed this? My neck is getting really sore...
please excuse any typos. This is really hard.
Turn your monitor on its side?
I'm not buying it.
One of the first responses will be:
Turn your monitor sideways.
[I've seen posted a solution for the sizeways problem, but I can't tell you what it is. I'm sure someone will show up with the answer.]
Turn the keyboard sideways and hit F5.
Hold down CTRL and ALT, then press your left or right arrow key. See if that works. You may have to press one a few times to get it to rotate enough.
Press CTRL + ALT + one of the arrow keys. This will make the display rotate clockwise/anti-clockwise until it is the right way up again.
Have your cat do the exact same dance on your keyboard in reverse. ;^) (someone will be along to help)
There is actually software that will do this. Mine will but I don't use it, myself. Perhaps you clicked on some software that had this feature, without realizing it. You might check there.
Right click on desktop, go into properties.
Select Settings Tab, then find the Advanced button.
In there is going to be a setting to rotate your display.
Cure your inner ear problem.
I'm going to assume you have a flat panel (LCD) monitor that has software capable of rotating the image. You might try looking for the instructions, at the manufacturers website if necessary. Or, you could at least post the brand and type of monitor.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1291704/posts?page=14#14
It seems that Sandy had the same problem.
"Try a system restore. It worked for me when my cat turned my display 90 degrees by sitting on my keyboard."
You might have a driver program on your machine that turns the picture sideways for the benefit of certain monitors that can be swiveled 90 degrees so that you can view things in "portrait" mode instead of the more usual "landscape" mode, and your cat has hit the magical keys that tell the driver to switch. If, while the computer is booting, the text and pictures are right-side up, then that's a good sign that this driver is present. You should be able to uninstall it by going to the control panel and going to the add/remove programs. Hopefully, the driver will be obvious by its name.
Woohoo! Something I suggested worked! You are very welcome!
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