Monitor view turned sideways.

[eskimo2]

One of the computers at my school had its monitor view turn sideways while a student was using it.  Everything is oriented with the right side of the screen as the bottom.  Mouse movements are even sideways – turned 90 degrees.  I think that I’ve seen this before, but I can’t remember where the adjustment is and could not find it with some hunting around.

Anyone know offhand how to set it straight?

Thanks,

eskimo

[takeda]

It probably depends on the graphics card, so look for it under any "Advanced" display options.

It also might have some kind of hotkeys enabled

Ctrl and/or Alt + arrow keys are likely candidates

[NUKE]

that's weird, I've never seen that happen.

maybe the triglycerin gyroscope fluid is low.

[Lizking]

Right click on the desktop, properties, advanced, there is a tab to fix it.

[Blooz]

The monitor itself can be adjusted to a horizontal or vertical position?

I know of monitors in business environments that can be turned sideways so the screen will handle a full legal size page. Maybe this is that type of monitor?

My friends Dell LCD monitor turns 90 degrees to allow this too.

See if you can turn the monitor itself back 90 degrees. I'm guessing you can if the mouse cursor is off 90 degrees too.

[Chairboy]

Might be a joke program, too.

[SOB]

If the computer starts spewing green watermelon and talking like a demon, run like hell!

[Cobra412]

I can do this with my 9800XT card.  It is under the advanced property area.

[2shad4u]

i know i know..................did it on my gforce card a few times it is what the resolution is set to i believe it will turn 90degrees and the mouse movement changes to................he changed the video resolution settings is all

[Whipsaw]

I am a network admin for a call center and i ran into this the other day, One of my computers had its screen flipped upside down. At first i thought virus ( OH NO !!)  but after some reading, this is what i found out :
If its a newer HP model , They gave the option of (ctrl + arrow keys) flipping screen sideways or upside down. I guess so you can hang you monitor upside down although i cant quite figure out why you would do this.    Oh well to each its own.....   fly on

[Sandman]

Interesting trick... On Nvidia cards (or at least this one), I can rotate the display...

[cpxxx]

Lie it on it's side....................I'll get my coat and go.

[United]

I can do it on my GeForce FX5200.

[IK0N]

Originally posted by Whipsaw
I am a network admin for a call center and i ran into this the other day, One of my computers had its screen flipped upside down. At first i thought virus ( OH NO !!)  but after some reading, this is what i found out :
If its a newer HP model , They gave the option of (ctrl + arrow keys) flipping screen sideways or upside down. I guess so you can hang you monitor upside down although i cant quite figure out why you would do this.    Oh well to each its own.....   fly on

If one needs to wall mount a monitor with one of those heavy duty mounts in like a class room setting I could see maybe flipping the screen, but it would be a rare situation... We wall mount LCD'S to free up desk space...

IKON

[capt. apathy]

my viewsonic lcd monitor came with software to handle rotation, I guess to make your monitor view more like page layout(you can rotate the screen on it's stand as well.

the software is called 'perfectportrait',  if nothing else checks out you might want to check to see if this, or something like it, is running.