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Old 03-13-2018, 08:43 AM   #1
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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
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Old 03-13-2018, 08:54 AM   #2
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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)
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:10 AM   #3
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you are a star thank you. did the first step can now read again
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:12 AM   #4
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well it was already set to landscape, I guess maybe it just needed affirmation. We'll see, thanks.
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Old 03-13-2018, 09:14 AM   #5
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I've effectively taught everyone here (at work) that prank.
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:26 AM   #6
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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
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:29 AM   #7
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CTRL-ALT-[direction that you want to be "up"]. IE, CTRL-ALT-DOWN is upside down.
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:39 AM   #8
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cool thanks. good job I'm all out of the capacity for evil today. And probably the last person to know about it
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:40 AM   #9
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I do wonder how in the fuck I did that accidentally.....
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Old 03-13-2018, 11:18 AM   #10
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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.
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Old 03-13-2018, 06:31 PM   #11
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You made the mistake of buying a Windows laptop.
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Old 03-13-2018, 06:45 PM   #12
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That's where you're wrong, bub.

She stole that laptop
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Old 03-13-2018, 11:47 PM   #13
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She stole that laptop
I'd still feel cheated. She took the risk of stealing it for a piece of crap.
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Old 03-14-2018, 07:31 AM   #14
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Don't start that shit please. It's condescending and rude, not to mention poorly timed.
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Old 03-14-2018, 12:02 PM   #15
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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.
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