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Jeremy R
10-10-2007, 03:19 PM
No seriously,
I get back from lunch, and my father has somehow turned our entire desktop sideways. All of the icons, toolbar and the center "gateway" logo are all sideways. I have tried everything to get it back.
Any ideas?
I am typing this with the monitor sideways right now.:twitch:
BadDNA
10-10-2007, 03:41 PM
a) Straighten your desk out and stand the monitor up correctly
b) Stop tilting your head

Sorry, nothing constructive here.
OrthoPT
10-10-2007, 03:45 PM
try this: right click the desktop | properties | settings | advanced and muck around in there.
binary visions
10-10-2007, 03:52 PM
You can swap orientation in case you want to actually twist your monitor sideways. It'll be in your display drivers advanced settings - for NVIDIA, right click desktop, click properties/settings/advanced, go to the tab for your video card (GeForce <something>) and look for the NVRotate section.

I don't know where it is for ATI drivers.
OrthoPT
10-10-2007, 03:56 PM
You can swap orientation in case you want to actually twist your monitor sideways. It'll be in your display drivers advanced settings - for NVIDIA, right click desktop, click properties/settings/advanced, go to the tab for your video card (GeForce <something>) and look for the NVRotate section.

I don't know where it is for ATI drivers.
thanks, BV, I wasn't sure what to do after clicking advanced.
Kornphlake
10-10-2007, 05:13 PM
I had a viewsonic monitor that would rotate like that, all you had to do was grab one corner and push up on it and the monitor would rotate on the base. I'm assuming that's what happened to you but there must be some kind of latch on your monitor that keeps it in place, maybe look for an owners manual and see if there are any hints there. Otherwise start removing screws, that always helps.
binary visions
10-10-2007, 05:50 PM
Um, I think he means the desktop is displaying sideways, not the monitor is actually rotated sideways.
Jeremy R
10-10-2007, 06:21 PM
Um, I think he means the desktop is displaying sideways, not the monitor is actually rotated sideways.

Yep. That is what I meant.
We actually fixed it by going to system restore, and backing up the date a few days.
Thx anyway though.