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Old 08-07-2004, 04:33 PM   #1
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I DROPPED A FILE ONTO MY KEYBOARD THIS MORNING AND AS A
RESULT MY DISPLAY IS UPSIDE DOWN! THE WINDOWS XP LOGO
STARTS THE RIGHT WAY UP BUT THE LOGIN BOX, SUBSEQUENT
DESKTOP AND ANY PROGRAMS I OPEN ARE ALL UPSIDE DOWN. MY
MOUSE ALSO MOVES THE CURSOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO
WHAT I WOULD EXPECT.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS? I ASSUME ITS A
COMBINATION OF KEYS THAT MY FILES HIT BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHICH ONES AND IT IS CAUSING ME REAL PROBLEMS NOW.

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS
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Old 08-07-2004, 10:43 PM   #2
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Open Control Panel, open Display, if you don't see an nVidia tab or nVidia
control center there or as an option in Control Panel, go through the
display options, one of the tab should have an option to invert the display.

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"TRACEY" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I DROPPED A FILE ONTO MY KEYBOARD THIS MORNING AND AS A
> RESULT MY DISPLAY IS UPSIDE DOWN! THE WINDOWS XP LOGO
> STARTS THE RIGHT WAY UP BUT THE LOGIN BOX, SUBSEQUENT
> DESKTOP AND ANY PROGRAMS I OPEN ARE ALL UPSIDE DOWN. MY
> MOUSE ALSO MOVES THE CURSOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO
> WHAT I WOULD EXPECT.
>
> DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS? I ASSUME ITS A
> COMBINATION OF KEYS THAT MY FILES HIT BUT I DON'T KNOW
> WHICH ONES AND IT IS CAUSING ME REAL PROBLEMS NOW.
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
>
> THANKS



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Old 09-07-2004, 12:07 AM   #3
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Yes i had faced this problem. Solution is Hold down Control and then Press the arrow keys untill u get the right display

"TRACEY" wrote:

> I DROPPED A FILE ONTO MY KEYBOARD THIS MORNING AND AS A
> RESULT MY DISPLAY IS UPSIDE DOWN! THE WINDOWS XP LOGO
> STARTS THE RIGHT WAY UP BUT THE LOGIN BOX, SUBSEQUENT
> DESKTOP AND ANY PROGRAMS I OPEN ARE ALL UPSIDE DOWN. MY
> MOUSE ALSO MOVES THE CURSOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO
> WHAT I WOULD EXPECT.
>
> DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS? I ASSUME ITS A
> COMBINATION OF KEYS THAT MY FILES HIT BUT I DON'T KNOW
> WHICH ONES AND IT IS CAUSING ME REAL PROBLEMS NOW.
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
>
> THANKS
>

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Old 09-07-2004, 08:46 AM   #4
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Thank-you....it was alt, ctrl and the arrow key but you
set me in the right direction and I no longer have a
stiff neck from viewing my screen!!!

Tracey
>-----Original Message-----
>Yes i had faced this problem. Solution is Hold down

Control and then Press the arrow keys untill u get the
right display
>
>"TRACEY" wrote:
>
>> I DROPPED A FILE ONTO MY KEYBOARD THIS MORNING AND AS

A
>> RESULT MY DISPLAY IS UPSIDE DOWN! THE WINDOWS XP LOGO
>> STARTS THE RIGHT WAY UP BUT THE LOGIN BOX, SUBSEQUENT
>> DESKTOP AND ANY PROGRAMS I OPEN ARE ALL UPSIDE DOWN.

MY
>> MOUSE ALSO MOVES THE CURSOR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO
>> WHAT I WOULD EXPECT.
>>
>> DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS? I ASSUME ITS A
>> COMBINATION OF KEYS THAT MY FILES HIT BUT I DON'T KNOW
>> WHICH ONES AND IT IS CAUSING ME REAL PROBLEMS NOW.
>>
>> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
>>
>> THANKS
>>

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