Right click on desktop, properties, display, advanced, rotation. Set it back
to normal and all's good. Moving the mouse will be a challenge.

--
Pete McMullen

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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leigh Jennings
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 4:22 AM
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] weird... Entire Display rotated 90 degrees
>
> Hi
>
> I have never heard of this so I thought I'd throw it out
> there to see if any of you have!
>
> I got a help call from some one whose aunt has had a stroke
> and needs her computer for rehabilitation, she plays jigsaw
> puzzles on it as a form of mental stimulation. The other day
> the display rotated through 90 degrees, That is; the desktop
> and everything, to read it properly you need to put the
> monitor on its side.
>
> Events that preceded the problem and may have led to this
> happening are:
>
>          1/ she placed something on the keyboard and leaned
> on it, possibly pressing multiple keys at once... well I know
> I have done similar things over the years but never to this effect.
>          2/ A new jigsaw programme with lots of puzzles was
> loaded on some days before, I cant imaging how this would
> corrupt the video output though.
>
> My thinking on this is that it is probably either a hardware
> problem or a hardware setting.  Could there be a hotkey
> combination for the display adapter that might have caused
> this? If so, why would anyone want to rotate their video
> output through 90 degrees?
> Any helpful suggestions would be welcome.
>
> As it is very difficult to understand the owner of the
> computer due to her medical condition, I have to communicate
> through the niece, thus I have not seen the system in
> question yet and  have minimal information so far:
>
> The computer was bought new a year ago, it is a pentium. I
> did manage to get the info on the graphics adapter via phone
> via the niece.  "Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics
> controller"  This sounds to me like its integrated into the
> motherboard, though I'm only guessing.  Also the operating
> system is windows XP
>
> Thanks for your help
> Leigh
>
>
> Leigh Jennings
> Hound Heaven Web Design
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