Help! My screen is now rotated 90 degrees, i.e. it is on its side.

Try one of these:

Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow:     Rotate display 90 degrees Left
Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow:    Rotate display 90 degrees Right
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow:    Rotate display 180 degrees (Upside down)
Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow:       Rotate display to regular mode

Hah!

That is one cool feature. Didn't know it was there.

I have a friend that inadvertantly rotated her screen 180 degrees (upside down). I am a 'non-tech' person, but volunteered to help. I went through ALL the help options on my Windows XP....searched for 2 hours but couldn't find ANY reference to 'screen rotation' except as it related to photos and printing. Then I thought about this site, and registered..and lo and behold....found what appeared to be a simple solution!

I tried alt+control+down arrow on my screen but nothing happened....with any of those options...What am I doing wrong??? 

Did you try Ctrl-Alt-up?

Hi ConesE:

Thanks for your interest.....I did try the Control+Alt+arrows...in that order..my message order was wrong. I assume you have to have all three functions depressed at the same time, so it probably wouldn't make any difference...I read some other responses to other screen rotation problems, and they refer to video cards, etc...

The problem my friend has is not that involved....she has no 'added features' like video cards, hardly ever downloads attachments, etc...just uses her computer for basic communication via email. Right now her screen is upside down, and she doesn't know how it got that way, other than when she was trying to make some display adjustments to move the side the menu was on from right to left she clicked on some options that showed 90-180 choices...and couldn't get back to those options.

Thanks, GOBART

Hi Joe53:

I noticed you responded to a number of requests with this rotation problem, and I'm new to this group support function.

I tried your control+alt+arrows solution and it didn't work, so I posted an 'upside down' problem, and to date have had only one response...even though it appears my message was viewed 27 times.

I saw another suggestion elsewhere, to go to the "safe" mode, and work with my friend's computer that way...but I'm not too keen on playing around in areas that could mess up my computer...

I also tried to find 'graphics properties' on my computer, because some solutions indicated a 'rotate' function there...but I couldn't get anything on my computer along those lines.

I would like to try any possible solutions on my Dell because I'd have to work upside down on my friend's computer.

Do you have any other ideas, or does anyone 'out there' have other possible solutions?

Thanks, GOBART 

I'm sorry, but if Ctrl-Alt-arrow key doesn't change the orientation, I'm at a loss.

Yes, I hold down the Ctrl-Alt and tap the arrow -- up orients it with the top on top (doh!), down orients it upside down, etc.

Is it a laptop?  If so, make sure the num-lock isn't on.  Maybe a standard USB keyboard would work.

You won't break anything going into safe mode unless you actually make changes.  It would be useful to know if it's oriented properly in safe mode.

Hi ConesE: Thanks again for your interest and response...but the problem has been solved. My friend had another more 'computer savvy' person than me stop by and corrected the screen orientation. Sad news is that she wasn't even watching when he was working on the computer, and doesn't have a clue regarding what he did, so I can't even pass on what the problem was, or the solution. So it goes....

Thanks again, GOBART