Sideways display

**andiol** · July 2nd, 2004, 08:43 AM

This is one I've never seen before !!!

Customer dropped a file folder which fell catty-corner on the keyboard. As a result the whole display is now turned sideways. She has turned the machine off and back on, switched monitors and still no help. A search of the database points to monitor yoke problems but this is not the case. Has anyone seen this happen before?? She is now working with monitor sideways. Slightly elongated screen display but no other apparent problems.

Machine - Hewlett Packard Pentium IV 2.0 processor, 2.0g memory.

**geoscomp** · July 2nd, 2004, 09:07 AM

If it's an lcd or tft display, many of them are meant to be able to be rotated. the controls are usually on either the monitor or, like a lot of Samsungs, in the setup utility on the computer.

**andiol** · July 2nd, 2004, 09:25 AM

Both monitors used on the system are old and ancient, but a system restore restored the display settings back to original.

I am just curious now to see what caused this to happen, and what can be done to solve it in the future, short of having to do another system restore (Thank God for that one!!

The user's reply reminded me of our five year old when she returned from swimming lessons and proudy told my wife:

Mom, I swan underwater today!!!! When asked how she did it? she promptly replied...........

It just happened!!

Thanks

**imaeditedbysowulo** · July 2nd, 2004, 03:01 PM

If it happened after a file folder fell on the keyboard, my bet is that there is a key combo you have to press to do it. Pretty neat trick if you can figure out which keys are the magic ones.

**Ya_know** · July 2nd, 2004, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by imaeditedbysowulo

If it happened after a file folder fell on the keyboard, my bet is that there is a key combo you have to press to do it. Pretty neat trick if you can figure out which keys are the magic ones.

If I was going to look anywhere, it would have to be either the accessibility options, or perhaps a feature in the video card driver...like in the ATI tray or something along those lines...but yes a key combo to a natural command has to be the culprit. My cat actually knows how to hit del and enter simultaneously. He's even figured out where the shift key is and when to use it...the rotten bastard!

**arch0nmyc0n** · July 2nd, 2004, 03:54 PM

I've seen that before, where the setting was I don't know, but ATI hotkey stuff can initiate bizzare stuff like that...

**geeksRus** · July 2nd, 2004, 08:42 PM

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthr...hlight=fun+key

**WebHead** · July 2nd, 2004, 08:47 PM

If all else fails,.. you could always turn the monitor on it's side I guess.

**andiol** · July 6th, 2004, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by geeksRus

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthr...hlight=fun+key

geeksRus, thanks for your reply!!! I guess this lady's folders just happened to hit the right combination when it fell on her keyboard. And, i missed your previous post otherwise i would have remembered it. its a nice joke to play on someone who leaves his desk only to return his display turned upside down.

andiol

**natcom** · July 6th, 2004, 10:05 PM

what OS those she use?

**crasher** · July 14th, 2004, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by andiol

This is one I've never seen before !!!

Customer dropped a file folder which fell catty-corner on the keyboard. As a result the whole display is now turned sideways. She has turned the machine off and back on, switched monitors and still no help. A search of the database points to monitor yoke problems but this is not the case. Has anyone seen this happen before?? She is now working with monitor sideways. Slightly elongated screen display but no other apparent problems.

Machine - Hewlett Packard Pentium IV 2.0 processor, 2.0g memory.

If it is an XP OS, if you press down the ctrl and Alt key simutaneously and hit any directional arrow, the screen will go black and then display in that position.

**GrandDad** · July 14th, 2004, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by crasher

If it is an XP OS, if you press down the ctrl and Alt key simutaneously and hit any directional arrow, the screen will go black and then display in that position.

Didn't work here . XP-pro

**crasher** · July 14th, 2004, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by GrandDad

Didn't work here . XP-pro

Hmm, you can disable the hotkeys from MSCONFIG. Are hkcmd and igfxtray enabled in your startup?

**arch0nmyc0n** · July 14th, 2004, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by crasher

Hmm, you can disable the hotkeys from MSCONFIG. Are hkcmd and igfxtray enabled in your startup?

Those are Intel programs, not a part of Microsoft Windows.

**techs** · July 14th, 2004, 04:08 PM

What a coincidence. Yesterday someone brought in a computer that had the screen upside down. The mouse also was reversed so it was hard to use. I quickly made a new user (XP). Same thing. I figured it was somewhere in the video controls but it was so hard to navigate I just uninstalled the video card software and reinstalled. It came back normal. Then when I could see what I was doing I saw where it was that you controlled that. She had intel 845 graphics and there is a rotation setting in the software.