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We occasionally get a call that begins 'Help! My screen is upside-down!', this is usually on a laptop, and it can be done inadvertently - it has even been done by cats on the keyboard according to one customer. However, there are simple shortcut key combinations that can put everything back to normal.
If the display has been rotated, it can normally be corrected by pushing the key combination <Ctrl> + <Alt>+ <Up Arrow>.
This capability to invert/rotate the display is a feature of some of the Intel® Extreme Graphics Chipset driver.
The following chipsets are affected:
Intel® Extreme Graphics 845GE
Intel® Extreme Graphics 845GV
Intel® Extreme Graphics 845G
Intel® Extreme Graphics 845GL
Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 865G
Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 865GV
Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 855GM
Image rotation is enabled by default and is activated by the default key combination <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <F1>.
Once it is activated, you can rotate the display with the additional "Hot Keys":
<Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Right Arrow>
<Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Down Arrow>
<Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Left Arrow>
<Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Up Arrow>
To disable this Hot Key Feature, remove the check from the Enable Hot Keys selection box in the Extended Graphics properties.
THANKYOU!!!!!!!! this is the third time my screen has turned topsy-turvey,and 'restore' didn't work [this time].Your tip did. From alison49m [at] live NOSPAM [dot] co [dot] uk
Thank you, i have been stock with this all day traying to put it back.
Thank you, this was awesome. You should turn the key notes upside down. Though it was fantastic
thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much , i was so depressed i couldnt fix it really thanx alot.
thank you
thanks so much, my cat always sits on my laptop and i came home and it was upside down !?! i did what you said and it worked, thanks a billion
Genius idea to have the 'view page upside down' facility. Two negatives make a positive! My cat is now banned to his own room for the rest of the evening!
I year old boy turn it upside down for me)))thank you!
Thank you so much it worked.My screen is all correct now.Thanks for sharing the knowledge.I learnt something new today.
Khalid
My son and his 2 kids were playing games on my computer and he started fooling about on the keyboard and it flipped. A friend said find another computer and Google "screen upside down". I did this and found the ctrl-alt-up arrow solution from one of the myriad websites that came up. It worked. Thanks to all the people giving this kind of help to non-geeks like me.
Mike G.
cheers for this, my 1 year old was slamming rthe keyboard like it was a drum, net thing i know its upside down. Why would anyone need to flip there screen mr Gates?
Cheers anyway!!
Thanks, my puppy ran across key board and the above directions have sorted it out for me.
Thanks for this, I use Nvidia so have never come across this, till this morning.... my neighbour was in a panic her grandson had touched her computer whilst she answered the door.