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All screen items inverted

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B Roberts

Flightless Bird
Help!
When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
everything was upside down.

I am running XP and have never had this happen before.

Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
can I fix this?

Help would be appreciated
 
S

Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
B Roberts wrote:
> Help!
> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
> everything was upside down.
>
> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>
> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
> can I fix this?
>
> Help would be appreciated


Use your video card utility to flip it back.

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MS-MVP
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E

Elmo

Flightless Bird
B Roberts wrote:
> Help!
> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted i.e.
> everything was upside down.
>
> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>
> Apart from tipping my monitor upside down, how
> can I fix this?
>
> Help would be appreciated


Press Ctrl/Alt-Up Cursor

or

Press Ctrl/Shift-R

...depending on the manufacturer. Use the Video Card utility to disable
this "feature".

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Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

> Help!
> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
> everything was upside down.
>
> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>
> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
> can I fix this?
>
> Help would be appreciated




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.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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B

B Roberts

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:pfj656tidmssq7eaut98v8oa99i4s7r5pg@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
> wrote:
>
>> Help!
>> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
>> everything was upside down.
>>
>> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>>
>> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
>> can I fix this?
>>
>> Help would be appreciated

>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


Thanks for that, I hit Control-Alt and and the up arrow and it fixed it.
I learnt something new today!!
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:33:51 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:pfj656tidmssq7eaut98v8oa99i4s7r5pg@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Help!
> >> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
> >> everything was upside down.
> >>
> >> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
> >>
> >> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
> >> can I fix this?
> >>
> >> Help would be appreciated

> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>
> Thanks for that, I hit Control-Alt and and the up arrow and it fixed it.
> I learnt something new today!!




You're welcome. Glad to help.


>


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Spamlet

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:02q756d81cp2pgp4aqha5t3o7c49dj97ut@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:33:51 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:pfj656tidmssq7eaut98v8oa99i4s7r5pg@4ax.com...
>> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Help!
>> >> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
>> >> everything was upside down.
>> >>
>> >> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>> >>
>> >> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
>> >> can I fix this?
>> >>
>> >> Help would be appreciated
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>>
>> Thanks for that, I hit Control-Alt and and the up arrow and it fixed it.
>> I learnt something new today!!

>
> You're welcome. Glad to help.
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003


If one were to flip the screen like this when say looking at some picture
rotated 90 degrees, would one find all one's icons crammed over to one side
when one went back to desktop?

S
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Flightless Bird
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:50:54 +0100, "Spamlet"
<spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:02q756d81cp2pgp4aqha5t3o7c49dj97ut@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:33:51 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> >> news:pfj656tidmssq7eaut98v8oa99i4s7r5pg@4ax.com...
> >> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Help!
> >> >> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
> >> >> everything was upside down.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
> >> >>
> >> >> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
> >> >> can I fix this?
> >> >>
> >> >> Help would be appreciated
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> >> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >>
> >> Thanks for that, I hit Control-Alt and and the up arrow and it fixed it.
> >> I learnt something new today!!

> >
> > You're welcome. Glad to help.
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

>
> If one were to flip the screen like this when say looking at some picture
> rotated 90 degrees, would one find all one's icons crammed over to one side
> when one went back to desktop?



No. But it should not be necessary to do that with pictures. What
program do you use to view pictures? I use Irfanview, and Irfanview
(like most such programs) lets you rotate pictures as needed and then
save them in that rotated condition.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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S

Spamlet

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:rg1956tq4gfmm1k07ba7q003jpn8j11hd2@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:50:54 +0100, "Spamlet"
> <spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:02q756d81cp2pgp4aqha5t3o7c49dj97ut@4ax.com...
>> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:33:51 +1200, "B Roberts" <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> >> news:pfj656tidmssq7eaut98v8oa99i4s7r5pg@4ax.com...
>> >> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +1200, "B Roberts"
>> >> > <gochanz@yahoo.co.nz>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Help!
>> >> >> When I turned my PC on today the picture was inverted ie
>> >> >> everything was upside down.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am running XP and have never had this happen before.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Upart fom tipping my monitor upside down, how
>> >> >> can I fix this?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Help would be appreciated
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 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.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> >> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for that, I hit Control-Alt and and the up arrow and it fixed
>> >> it.
>> >> I learnt something new today!!
>> >
>> > You're welcome. Glad to help.
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

>>
>> If one were to flip the screen like this when say looking at some picture
>> rotated 90 degrees, would one find all one's icons crammed over to one
>> side
>> when one went back to desktop?

>
>
> No. But it should not be necessary to do that with pictures. What
> program do you use to view pictures? I use Irfanview, and Irfanview
> (like most such programs) lets you rotate pictures as needed and then
> save them in that rotated condition.

--
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003


I often get a warning not to rotate pictures as this may cause information
to be lost (Certainly with Windows picture and fax viewer.). I did once
discover this key combination and ended up with jumbled up screen icons.
Recently I did want to rotate something that way but could not remember the
key strokes. Can't remember what it was I was trying to rotate now though.
Another point where rotation could be useful, is that at most usable
resolution this laptop does make pictures look over high, and tempt one to
make unneeded adjustments. Mind you, I'm not really sure what this screen
rotation actually means: if it too is a resampling then I suppose it makes
no difference in the long run.

Cheers,
S
 
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