"Help! My Screen Is Sideways!" These were the words I was muttering in the middle of the night in our living room.
I was just only a photo away to finishing my last article when this very annoying thing happened last night. You see, I was in the process of editing a photo. When I tried rotating it, unexpectedly my dell computer screen also rotated sideways! The touchpad was also functioning sideways. I mean, how could that happened? I had no idea what keys I pressed that lead to this sudden catastrophe. I restarted my computer but when it opened, the screen was still sideways.
I was just only a photo away to finishing my last article when this very annoying thing happened last night. You see, I was in the process of editing a photo. When I tried rotating it, unexpectedly my dell computer screen also rotated sideways! The touchpad was also functioning sideways. I mean, how could that happened? I had no idea what keys I pressed that lead to this sudden catastrophe. I restarted my computer but when it opened, the screen was still sideways.
Nervous, pissed, confused...I tried my best to find a solution online. Thankfully, I found one immediately. And according the thread in the forum, here's what you should do when your screen gets sideways:
Best solution
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laurag said:
My dell monitor screen has turned sideways. How can I get it back to normal?Try pressing Ctrl + Alt + UP Arrow Key, or try Ctrl + Alt + and a different Arrow Key.
If that does not work: Right-click on empty Desktop > Graphics Options > Rotation.
Whew! If I wasn't able to find technical help online and didn't fix , I could have taken the computer to Walmart.
I was very frustrated that I didn't even took a picture of the screen. Darn!
I was very frustrated that I didn't even took a picture of the screen. Darn!
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Oh my gosh, that must have been so frustrating! Thanks for sharing this quick tip! :)
Isn't it nice to have online assistance at your fingertips?
I love when Googling a computer issue comes up with an easy-to-follow solution. I wish that's all I had to deal with this...this weekend, my desktop got fried during a brief power surge/outage. Won't go past the Windows icon. My brother was able to save my hard drive by getting this SATA HD enclosure, so I literally removed the physical harddrive, put it in this enclosure, and hooked it up to my laptop using a USB cord so I could transfer my files. I am very thankful for that!
Uhhmmm please don't get me wrong but I am laughing here because I remember myself having the same situation like yours back when I was still noob on computers and sometimes the arrow is disappearing and Google is always on the rescue.
Darn! I hope everything works out with your computer.
So happy I read your post. If this happens to me I will know exactly how to fix it.
You gotta love technology... even when it doesn't work LOL Like you said, thank goodness for good support. :)
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