Rotate a laptop screen?

[Jay Francis]

Hi...
I am wondering if you all have had this happen? My wifes` laptop screen is reading sideways! Before she breaks her neck, is there any way to "flip" it back? BTW, it XP Pro.
Thanks. Jay

 

[Elbatrop1]

Ya, she probably hit a certain combo of keys to make it go like that.

Right-click the desktop, go to properties, click the settings tab. Click the advanced button. From there you should get a menu (probably Intel Extreme Graphics) and find the menu that says screen rotation, and change the settings back to normal.

To prevent this: In the same window, find the setting for "sticky keys" and turn them off.

 

[Glider]

If you are able to navigate windows with the monitor display as it currently is first verify that the display settings for the monitor cannot be changed through any special display manager or display utility by looking for any icon in the systray related to your video card.

If a utility is found in your systray that is associated with your video card right click this icon and try to locate any rotation settings to select the option to rotate to 0 degrees.

If you are unable to locate any utilities displayed in your systray or any rotation settings open your display properties by clicking Start, Settings, Control Panel, and double clicking the display icon. Within display properties check the settings tab for any additional settings or rotation settings that may be able to correct your issue.

Finally, if you are still unable to locate any feature of your display properties that enabled the monitor display to be rotated we recommend you delete your display adapter in device manager and reboot the computer to allow windows to re-initialize your video card.

If this does not resolve your issue I recommend installing the latest video drivers on your computer.

OR

Boot the computer into safe mode. Because no third-party software utilities are loaded when the computer is booted into safe mode your display should look normal.

If you are familiar with what program enabled your display to be rotated attempt to load the program though safe mode and correct your settings.

Unfortunately if you are not familiar with how your display was rotated and because safe mode does not load any software utilities we recommend you delete your display adapter in device manager and reboot the computer to allow windows to re-initialize your video card.

If this does not resolve your issue we recommend installing the latest video drivers on your computer.

 

[Jay Francis]

Thanks guys! It worked! My necks feeling better already!
From his wife.