urgent help needed what the fuck did I do?

monster · 03-13-2018, 08:43 AM

I was moving my laptop and -I think- Accidentally caught the touch mousepad thing that i hate, and now all my display is sideways (portrait on the laptop screen) HELPPPPP!!!! please. I'm so useless

Clodfobble · 03-13-2018, 08:54 AM

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Hit CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow and your Windows desktop should return to landscape mode. ...
Right click on the desktop and selct Display settings.
Choose a screen to fix if you have multiple monitors attached. ...
Select Landscape from the orientation menu.
Click Apply (or OK)

monster · 03-13-2018, 09:10 AM

you are a star thank you. did the first step can now read again

monster · 03-13-2018, 09:12 AM

well it was already set to landscape, I guess maybe it just needed affirmation. We'll see, thanks.

lumberjim · 03-13-2018, 09:14 AM

I've effectively taught everyone here (at work) that prank.

monster · 03-13-2018, 10:26 AM

is CTRL ALT UP a toggle for that then?

under other circumstances I'd experiment, but today i just really need my computer to do what i want it to do. i.e. help me communicate with the outside world and keep me entertained

Happy Monkey · 03-13-2018, 10:29 AM

CTRL-ALT-[direction that you want to be "up"]. IE, CTRL-ALT-DOWN is upside down.

monster · 03-13-2018, 10:39 AM

cool thanks. good job I'm all out of the capacity for evil today. And probably the last person to know about it

monster · 03-13-2018, 10:40 AM

I do wonder how in the fuck I did that accidentally.....

Flint · 03-13-2018, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

the touch mousepad thing that i hate

Same, then... ever since my main work PC is a laptop I keep docked, but also take to meetings, I use that dumb mousepad thing without even thinking about it. I don't even plug a mouse into my laptop at home, now.

Squawk · 03-13-2018, 06:31 PM

You made the mistake of buying a Windows laptop.

lumberjim · 03-13-2018, 06:45 PM

That's where you're wrong, bub.

She stole that laptop

Squawk · 03-13-2018, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

She stole that laptop

I'd still feel cheated. She took the risk of stealing it for a piece of crap.

lumberjim · 03-14-2018, 07:31 AM

Don't start that shit please. It's condescending and rude, not to mention poorly timed.

Squawk · 03-14-2018, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Don't start that shit please. It's condescending and rude, not to mention poorly timed.

I'm sorry. I was trying to be funny. I didn't mean to cause offence.

03-13-2018, 08:43 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	urgent help needed what the fuck did I do? I was moving my laptop and -I think- Accidentally caught the touch mousepad thing that i hate, and now all my display is sideways (portrait on the laptop screen) HELPPPPP!!!! please. I'm so useless __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 09:10 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you are a star thank you. did the first step can now read again __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 09:12 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	well it was already set to landscape, I guess maybe it just needed affirmation. We'll see, thanks. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 09:14 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I've effectively taught everyone here (at work) that prank. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-13-2018, 10:26 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	is CTRL ALT UP a toggle for that then? under other circumstances I'd experiment, but today i just really need my computer to do what i want it to do. i.e. help me communicate with the outside world and keep me entertained __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 10:29 AM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	CTRL-ALT-[direction that you want to be "up"]. IE, CTRL-ALT-DOWN is upside down. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-13-2018, 10:39 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	cool thanks. good job I'm all out of the capacity for evil today. And probably the last person to know about it __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 10:40 AM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I do wonder how in the fuck I did that accidentally..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-13-2018, 06:31 PM	#11
Squawk Peoploid Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 152	You made the mistake of buying a Windows laptop. __________________ 'Nothin' seems that weird anymore' Lo-Fidelity Allstars

03-13-2018, 06:45 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	That's where you're wrong, bub. She stole that laptop __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-14-2018, 07:31 AM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Don't start that shit please. It's condescending and rude, not to mention poorly timed. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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