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Nioce21 11Posts Thursday September 18, 2008Registration date - Latest answer on Nov 1, 2012 04:07AM

Hey there,
I'm having an acute problem concerning my monitor. The display has turned upside down and I don't know how to set it the right way. Can you please help me coz it's very disturbing!
Hope to hear from you soon...

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jivehard 4Posts Wednesday November 5, 2008Registration date Dec 17, 2008 06:45AM

Hi,
No need to worry, this is a minor disturbance. All you have to do is as follows:
Press and hold "alt" + "ctrl" buttons and at the same time press the navigation keys. The screen display will rotate. Repeat the step until the correct position is obtained.

rn - Jan 19, 2009 04:54PM

my vista laptop's Windows Display Upside Down. I tried ctrl+alt and left, right, up and down arrow keys but it is not working. Help please?

irnbru - Feb 4, 2009 03:48PM

make sure the rotation est activated

Karelia - Mar 10, 2009 11:55AM

How do I activate the rotation please? Ctrl + alt + arrows do not work.

brooz - Mar 11, 2009 02:45AM

right click your mouse at your desktop space then graphic options then click normal

ayyotripboo - Jun 25, 2009 11:53AM

i don't see a graphic options to click on

nisey › brooz - Jul 30, 2009 05:50PM

omgg thankss alott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

azzrar › brooz - Nov 23, 2009 11:06PM

hai very useful...thanking u very much.....................

Anonymous User › irnbru - Dec 11, 2009 10:40PM

Hey i got the similar problem and i followed your advice..it is working now..
Thank you..

FellyS › rn - Apr 13, 2009 10:55AM

it worked..! THANK YOU..

cTRL+aLT AND PRESSED ARROW KEYS..!

vndkcksc - Nov 25, 2009 02:42PM

thankk you ever soo much im 13 and i was worried incase ive broke it cus mum wont be happy , again thank you :)

VANCHO › rn - May 22, 2009 09:28AM

Your navigation keys don't work if Num Lock key hase been activated before and you are using navigation keys in the numeric field of the keyboard. So unlock numeric field of the keyboard and try again with pressing Alt+Ctrl + a navigation key

Juman - Dec 7, 2009 07:00PM

Thank you ever so much - my little girl has been playing with m notebook and it was ever so frustrating trying to work back to front and upside down! I think a little children's laptop is on top of the Christmas list!

dj - Sep 23, 2009 08:49AM

Thank you Jivehard. Ctl+Alt+ arrows for the direction you wish to correct. It works!

gifty - Jan 3, 2010 02:08PM

thanks a million that was ver straight forward, as worried b4

dani - Feb 13, 2010 02:25PM

thank you so much!!!! you help me a lot !! :) now i know what to do in case that it happend again

sree - Mar 28, 2010 05:23PM

thanks alot ...for ur help....

scoobydabez - Apr 27, 2010 03:29PM

OMG THANKS ALOT I JUST BOUGHT THIS COMPUTER FOR 500$ AND I WAS GETTING A BIT SCARED LOL

Ray - May 2, 2010 05:59AM

You're a godsend! I was freaking out when this happened to my laptop. Thanks a million.

kamal - Jun 4, 2010 12:51PM

Thanks a lot....

e97 - Jun 7, 2010 10:00AM

fankooooooo sooommuccchhh i was really scared sumink was wrong

ac123 - Jun 10, 2010 07:05PM

lol good stuff

pakro - Jul 3, 2010 10:16PM

it really worked...thanks dude.

shannon - Jul 7, 2010 09:42AM

its not working its just making the page go up and down?

ARob - Aug 3, 2010 12:11AM

this man is genius.... it worked!!!!!!

nickorizon - Oct 25, 2012 08:22AM

this is the most horrible "Feature" ever invented

Ibrasaleh - Nov 1, 2012 04:07AM

It's Wonderful stuff, and it's work good,,,,thanks.......

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miko Apr 9, 2010 09:34AM

ctrl + alt + the up arrow

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NEO Apr 11, 2010 06:50PM

right click on desktop, graphics options,rotation, click normal, this will fix it Very helpful. It worked great

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abdul Jun 14, 2010 02:40AM

You can also (if using XP) click CTRL+ALT+ARROW KEY. ..

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Jok3r Feb 20, 2010 01:39PM

Yea my kids played with my laptop and somehow flipped the screen too funny. Easy fix once I googled it....

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cancun_gram Feb 28, 2009 08:23PM

thanks for the advice it worked like a charm, in my case I simply needed to hold ctl and alt at the same time clicked the up arrow and the desktop flipped right side up

evan - Jun 4, 2010 08:04PM

what if it wont do it

Andres - Jun 8, 2010 08:36PM

It works. Thank you so much

alienjoe211 - Jun 18, 2010 11:21AM

Thank God someone else commented on this!
I don't know what that first guy said, but the ctl & alt keys did it.

Thanks to you as well!

ARob - Aug 3, 2010 12:10AM

it really works

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user Nov 28, 2009 02:02PM

thanks we fixed after a few hours

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Iyke Sep 11, 2009 03:35AM

I'd like to add my name to the list of satisfied customers. A colleague of mine had the same problem just now, and Ctrl-Alt-uparrow did the trick.

Many thanks all

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Showchoir MOm Jan 26, 2010 11:55PM

My friend's computer had the display turned upside down by her 2 year old son. Your suggestion of ctl+Alt+arrows worked. Thanks so much, I could not find the answer in the Dell troubleshoot guide!!!

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ibrahim Feb 10, 2010 11:12PM

quality mate, it worked!. do you know i i can purposely turn my screen upside down so i can stop my kids of using my laptop?

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breezy Apr 17, 2010 04:50AM

Put your fingers on the Ctrl and Alt and press the up key bottom

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luke Apr 25, 2010 01:29PM

on some computers u can use ctrl shift up to revert back to normal try that...

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Joe Jun 17, 2010 04:57PM

Hit Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow

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Nickname...paul Jun 15, 2010 08:13PM

Wow that was freaky - thanks dudes

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Lea Jul 10, 2010 10:36AM

This just happened to me and I used a combination of these answers to solve it. Just right click on the desktop and then select "Graphic Options." One of your choices with Vista will be "Hot Keys." Just Disable it and you'll be fine. Who wants this as an option anyway?!

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ml66uk Aug 13, 2009 05:27PM

I'd like to add my name to the list of satisfied customers. A friend of mine had the same problem just now, and Ctrl-Alt-uparrow did the trick.

I wish all techie problems were this easy to fix...

jeannie b - Jun 9, 2010 07:04PM

thanks this has just worked for me thanks again

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Bebe Dec 2, 2009 08:40PM

You rock!! My kids managed to pull this one off this time I was so lost.

Lucie - Dec 11, 2009 07:29PM

Thanks, my boy was playing a joke and went out for awhile. I had to google it and found this from you, was even able to fix it reading this upside down. lol......thanks so much!!!!!!!!

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muZimbo Jan 15, 2010 06:41AM

thanks a span. wabatsira muZimbo

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gregory May 10, 2010 12:23PM

i press ctrl alt and the the arrow keys (only if u have XP)

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Ajesity Jun 7, 2010 09:09AM

Just hit Ctrl + Alt Up it will be ok oop it helps

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