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November 11th, 2014 20:00
U2414H Problem Automatically Rotating Display
I'd greatly appreciate any thoughts! When I physically rotate my U2414H monitor from landscape to portrait or vice versa, the computer display doesn't automatically rotate, (meaning I have to manually elect to rotate the display). It used to automatically rotate - I'm not sure what changed. I reinstalled the driver - not sure if that would help. I also reset the monitor to factory settings. I'm using it as a second monitor connected to a Dell laptop.
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November 12th, 2014 02:00
First of all make sure Dell Display Manager is installed and running - its DDM that changes the Windows screen orientation to match the monitor orientation.
But here's the thing: on some "auto-rotating" Dell monitors the Windows screen orientation is determined by the physical orientation of the monitor, while on others it is determined by OSD menu orientation. With the U2414H I believe you have to manually change the OSD menu orientation to trigger an automatic change in Windows screen orientation.
Look for a "Rotation" setting under "Menu settings" in the OSD menu and if you rotate the display frequently, consider assigning "Rotation" to one of the OSD menu shortcut keys.
DELL-Chris M
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November 13th, 2014 10:00
Most likely, windows update changed the video card driver which is why it used to work, but now does not. I think that the actual windows desktop rotation is controlled by the video card driver, not the monitor? Open the User's Guide page 54.