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RubyCamaro · 11-03-2014, 06:35 AM

What in the heck have I done to my computer? I had just turned it on & noticed it needed to charge some so I reached over to plug it in. I must have bumped something on the keyboard and now everything is sideways on the screen. It is a laptop. I don't even understand why this would be useful on a laptop. It is nice on the IPhone but on it you just turn the phone & it goes back. I can't figure out how to make it go back to normal. Help please!

molsonbrador · 11-03-2014, 06:42 AM

Right click on your background. Do you have "graphics options". Click on it and go to rotation. Go "back to normal". Should do it.

RubyCamaro · 11-03-2014, 06:54 AM

Thank you very much! That was a PITA! I sure hope I don't do that again.

kalimus · 11-03-2014, 02:08 PM

Ctrl+Alt+arrow key will change your screen orientation on most windows machines. It's build into all the OS's, so it's not desktop/laptop specific. People that use docking stations and output their laptop to a larger display could make use of that function, but I don't know anybody personally that uses it like that.

irocnroll · 11-04-2014, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kalimus

Ctrl+Alt+arrow key will change your screen orientation on most windows machines. It's build into all the OS's, so it's not desktop/laptop specific. People that use docking stations and output their laptop to a larger display could make use of that function, but I don't know anybody personally that uses it like that.

This is the quickest way to fix it. Also fun to play jokes on people at work with this.

11-03-2014, 06:35 AM	#1
RubyCamaro Jan Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Red Jewel tintcoat Join Date: May 2010 Location: Springfield, TN Posts: 16,225 View My Garage	Please help computer savy folks What in the heck have I done to my computer? I had just turned it on & noticed it needed to charge some so I reached over to plug it in. I must have bumped something on the keyboard and now everything is sideways on the screen. It is a laptop. I don't even understand why this would be useful on a laptop. It is nice on the IPhone but on it you just turn the phone & it goes back. I can't figure out how to make it go back to normal. Help please! __________________

11-03-2014, 06:54 AM	#3
RubyCamaro Jan Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Red Jewel tintcoat Join Date: May 2010 Location: Springfield, TN Posts: 16,225 View My Garage	Thank you very much! That was a PITA! I sure hope I don't do that again. __________________

11-03-2014, 02:08 PM	#4
kalimus Drives: '14 Z51 3LT Stingray and '13 Cruze Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: US of A Posts: 1,346	Ctrl+Alt+arrow key will change your screen orientation on most windows machines. It's build into all the OS's, so it's not desktop/laptop specific. People that use docking stations and output their laptop to a larger display could make use of that function, but I don't know anybody personally that uses it like that. __________________ "We have a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem." "What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?" -Antonin Scalia

11-03-2014, 06:42 AM	#2
molsonbrador Drives: 2010 Camaro SS, 2018 Colorado Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC Posts: 2,207	Right click on your background. Do you have "graphics options". Click on it and go to rotation. Go "back to normal". Should do it.