VIDEO PROBLEM

[RBELL75]

I AM RUNNING XP/SP2. MY SCREEN FROZE AND I STARTED TAPPING BUTTONS. SUDDENLY
THE SCREEN WENT BLANK FOR A SECOND AND WHEN IT CAME BACK ON THE ENTIRE THING
WAS SIDEWAYS. I NEED HELP!!!

 

[Nepatsfan]

I AM RUNNING XP/SP2. MY SCREEN FROZE AND I STARTED TAPPING BUTTONS. SUDDENLY
THE SCREEN WENT BLANK FOR A SECOND AND WHEN IT CAME BACK ON THE ENTIRE THING
WAS SIDEWAYS. I NEED HELP!!!

Try hitting the Ctrl +Alt + Up arrow keys all at the same time. If this doesn't
fix the problem, look in Control Panel -> Display Properties -> Settings ->
Advanced. You need to check the screen rotating hot keys for your particular
display adapter.

On a side note, how about turning off the Caps Lock key the next time you post a
question.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I AM RUNNING XP/SP2. MY SCREEN FROZE AND I STARTED TAPPING BUTTONS. SUDDENLY
THE SCREEN WENT BLANK FOR A SECOND AND WHEN IT CAME BACK ON THE ENTIRE THING
WAS SIDEWAYS. I NEED HELP!!!

Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if type normally, in mixed
case.

The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video
card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait
orientation. You accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and some arrow key.
Rotate it back using those keys.

In the future, avoid tapping buttons indiscriminately. This time, it
was a minor problem; next time it could be much worse.