Display Upside Down

[Don_]

I know this sounds strange, but I was pressing on some keys while playing
Windows XP Pinball and suddenly the XP display went black then came back
upside down. After powering off the computer and rebooting, Windows XP now
boots with its display upside down.

Can anyone shed some light on this strange phenomenon?

 

[Sharon F]

I know this sounds strange, but I was pressing on some keys while playing
Windows XP Pinball and suddenly the XP display went black then came back
upside down. After powering off the computer and rebooting, Windows XP now
boots with its display upside down.

Can anyone shed some light on this strange phenomenon?

Your display driver has "rotation" capabilities. You accidentally hit the
"hot keys" while playing the game. This in turn swung the screen
orientation around.

Where you need to go to fix this depends on what driver, hardware and
software you have. Start by checking in Display Properties> Settings>
Advanced for menu settings to switch it back.

If no luck there, look in the Start Menu and in Control Panel for a
shortcut to a special control panel icon that is specific to your hardware
- such as ATI's Catalyst Control Center. nVidia has a "manager" interface
too. Open the program, find the needed settings and change them.