qualtrough Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) The other day I bought a second hand Pentium 4 running XP. Plan is to install Linux at some point, but that is another story. Seemed to work fine, and my daughter enjoyed playing some games on it. However, this afternoon everything on the screen, including programs, appears upside down! When shut down and reopened the XP opening screen appears correctly, but then everything flips at the next image. She says she didn't monkey with the screen, and I can' find any command in the screen commands to do/undo that. The screen is a screen I have been using for the last year without issue. Any help much appreciated! Thanks in advance. PS. Should add that computer is not connected to the Internet, so any virus would have to be pre-installed. Edited July 29, 2010 by qualtrough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Turn the monitor right way up. Then right-click on the desktop, you should see something about video options or a video control panel (depends on your video card), you should find a 'rotate display' option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Seems you are not the only one who ran into that problem. Check these out. http://www.xp-tips.com/upside-down-display.shtml http://www.ehow.com/how_5052256_flip-computer-screen-upside-down.html Go to graphics options and check if there is a Rotation option, some graphics drivers support this. In Control Panel>Display>Settings tab>Advanced button, look for settings relating to display or screen position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkockney Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) No need to go and check your settings (must be hard upside down). You just need CTRL + ALT + up arrow (that is, press CTRL ALT and Up Arrow together). Up arrow sets it to normal. Down arrow for upside down. Left and right rotate 90 degrees. Edited July 29, 2010 by bangkockney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Wow, thank you everyone! I used Bangkockny's suggestion and that did the trick! Good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaigold Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Turn the monitor right way up. Then right-click on the desktop, you should see something about video options or a video control panel (depends on your video card), you should find a 'rotate display' option. Yes, since your head is upside down - easy. Re-orient your head to the vertical, or turn the computer upside down. Either way, problems solved. And a friendly suggestion: get off the Lao Kao and drink Sang Som...you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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