Flippin screen

[mafibacon]

I am using a Dell Inspiron 1300, running on XP.
During a word processing exercise the whole screen "flipped" through 90 degrees. I have tried restoring the settings for a week before this happened with no success.
Anyone out there with a solution.
This has become a real pain in the neck!
Thanks in advance
MB

[airmuster]

Couldn't resist

Try turning the screen 90'

Sorry

Have never heard of such like. Have you tried different screen........ although must say it should not be fault of screen.

[Captain Gadget]

Hi Mafibacon

I use a Dell screen (with a desktop pc though) at work and this 'screen flip' is a built-in feature on it - I expect that your Inspiron screen has the same feature. To change the setting, use CTRL+ALT+arrow (the arrow to use is the one pointing to where you want the top of the screen to end up, so 'up' arrow for the normal, landscape view.

I expect that you hit the key combo by accident while typing (I have done this several times). Hope this helps...

Gadget :ok:

[bnt]

If so, that's a feature of the Intel graphics chipset, and I think you can turn it off, somewhere in the advanced settings for that chipset - though I don't have an example at the moment. Look for the Intel Graphics icon in Control Panel.

[Captain Gadget]

bnt

I'm on my PC at work now and, by golly, you're right. There is an 'Intel Extreme Graphics 2' icon in Control Panel which brings up a tabbed display which includes Hot Key selection for the screen rotation feature.

Our Dell screens do rotate on their stands and I have seen people working (in Word, usually) with their screens rotated to portrait - can't see it being of much use on a laptop, though!

To disable the feature you can uncheck the 'Enable Hot Keys' box on the Hot Keys tab.

Gadget :ok:

[mafibacon]

Thanks a lot gents.
The settings had somehow moved through to 270 deg. I have reset them as advised and everything is back to normal.
I am now able to work without cricking my neck to one side.
Cheers all.
:)
MB