Why is it upside down?

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I have a Dell Optiplex desktop computer (Windows 2000
Professional) with a Dell E772P 17" monitor. I walked
away from the computer during a project and when I
returned I found I had left a book laying on the keyboard
and the display on the monitor was upside-down, 180
degrees from normal.
I rebooted, using the Start, now in the upper right
corner. The operating system remembered it was upside
down and kept it that way.
Any suggestions on how to undo this thing. I suspect a
combination of random key strokes made it that way. I
don't believe I have a human gremlin providing fun for
themselves.

Richard
 
Thanks, Rob
I check that out.
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I know of a 'joke' program which does this.. try moving
the mouse to the extreme top left corner and leave it
there and see if it pops a gotcha message and rights
itself.. although it survives a reboot so.. hmmm

Start up in safe mode, that should use the plain jane
windows VGA driver. Then uninstall the video driver from
device manager and re-install it.
I think your monitor software may have a rotation utility,
for ppl who hang the monitor from a shelf updaide down..
seen a few that could do that...

Good arguement for locking the desktop when you leave? My
screensaver is set for 2 min....
.
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Good arguement for locking the desktop when you leave? My
screensaver is set for 2 min....
Click to expand...

That still leaves your computer open to physical attack for those 2
minutes. And it is a big hassle to keep unlocking your computer after
you've spent just 2 minutes reading an article or answering a phone
call.

A better solution is at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313884 which
tells you how to define a button to put into your Quick Launch toolbar
(or you could leave it on the desktop, or have both) to instantly lock
your computer as you start to walk away. Great when you have to dash
off late to that important meeting, or when the tots start hovering
around your computer and flailing their hands about.

I've seen some users put a button to their .scr screen saver file which
has password protection enabled. However, instantly starting up the
screen saver doesn't protect the computer immediately; it still waits a
minute or more, or maybe it waits as long as the idle time configured,
but in any case it isn't protected immediately.
 
I have a Dell Optiplex desktop computer (Windows 2000
Professional) with a Dell E772P 17" monitor. I walked
away from the computer during a project and when I
returned I found I had left a book laying on the keyboard
and the display on the monitor was upside-down, 180
degrees from normal.
Click to expand...

I have a video driver that supports rotating the screen image by
pressing Ctrl-Alt and the arrow keys. Up arrow is zero degrees, left
arrow is 90 deg left etc.

My computer is not a Dell, but it is still worth a try pressing
Ctrl-Alt-Up arrow.
 
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