How to rotate screen back to normal

Anonymous
2011-03-09T12:12:14+00:00

my whole home page  or i should say everything is sideways and i cant get it back to normal!!!

*original title - how do u get my screan to rotate back to normal?*

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Anonymous
2011-03-09T12:23:40+00:00

Hi

Use the following hotkey combination to rotate the screen.

Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and press either the left or right Arrow key.

Let us know the results.

Regards.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-25T22:38:38+00:00

    The directions for solving the screen rotation is very helpful, I knew the step but slipped-off. Once again, Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-02T19:17:11+00:00

    I am running windows 8.1 on my desktop and have tried the ctrl/alt and arrow keys as you suggested- does not work. Help

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-02T20:09:41+00:00

    Right click on the desktop and select screen resolution.

    Then go  to Orientation and from the pull-down menu select landscape

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-19T17:36:20+00:00

    Did not rotate screen

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