In Win XP press Alt + Control + Right arrow.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:40 pm

Try it

And then press Alt + Control+ Up arrow to get everything normal again.

Whats the use for this?

IF you have neck problems?

Just seem a bit odd

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:43 pm

odd mine doesnt do anything?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:43 pm

Wow! It's like...

no, wait...

No, doesn't do anything.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:14 pm

Ive tried it in 5 different pcs and only works in the ones with Windows XP. The screen "rotates" depending of the arrow you press.

Maybe its also an issue with the screen? (mine is Samsung SyncMaster 793s)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:39 pm

The Last Autobot wrote:Ive tried it in 5 different pcs and only works in the ones with Windows XP. The screen "rotates" depending of the arrow you press.

Maybe its also an issue with the screen? (mine is Samsung SyncMaster 793s)

Congratulations! You've found the keyboard shortcut to making your Samsung screen display portrait instead of landscape!

Now all you'll need to do to take advantage of this is lift the bottom of your screen forward, rotate it about its stand, and lower the bottom again!

I've got a Samsung SyncMaster 913n (almost the 19" equivalent of your 17" screen). It's one of the highlighted features!

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:45 pm

Am I alone in wondering why on Earth you were pressing that combination of keys in the first place?

Or were you just doing random combinations in the hope of finding the "launch nuclear missiles" code?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:48 pm

my god America is at Defcon 5!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:01 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:my god America is at Defcon 5!

They sounded the All Clear?

Wow! When did they catch Osama? I must've skipped a track!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON

As an aside, I was on an RAF base when 9/11 happened. That was a fun day when the Bikini Alert State when from Black Special to Amber, I can tell you.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:12 pm

Brendocon wrote:Am I alone in wondering why on Earth you were pressing that combination of keys in the first place?

Or were you just doing random combinations in the hope of finding the "launch nuclear missiles" code?

Nope, Ive already have that combination

What happened is that a few days ago a girl at my job while she was working told me that something "wierd" happened to her pc so I went to see it and saw that all the info was upside down.

I said WTF? How this happened? And by playing sherlock I found out that she tried to end a program and instead of pressing alt, ctr, del, she pressed alt, ctr, arrow down.

So I tried alt, ctr, and arrow up and all was fine again.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:31 pm

my guess, it's for notebooks that are held in weird way...

perhaps... or for seeing not properly rotated photos. You know, instead of rotating the pics with an easy keycombo, you rotate the screen. Windows logic.

Still weird though-

Post by **Best First** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:41 pm

maybe they just did it cos they could.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:42 am

That's... possibly the most useless feature I've ever found on my comp.

But, gods is it ever fun surfing the web with an upside down screen.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:26 am

saysadie wrote:But, gods is it ever fun surfing the web with an upside down screen.

I'd imagine it increases the humour factor of Predabot's posts by about 100%.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:54 am

KingMob wrote:I'd imagine it increases the humour factor of Predabot's posts by about 100%.

In other words, it has no effect whatsoever?

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:42 am

Doesn't work for me. Ctrl, alt arrow down? I tried alt, ctrl arrow down too.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:41 pm

My screen can rotate 90 degrees, so then it's a useful option.

I've never needed a portrait screen instead of a landscape one thoguh.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:07 pm

KingMob wrote:
I'd imagine it increases the humour factor of Predabot's posts by about 100%.

I don't think anything could make anything written by Predabot funny.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:02 am

Eline wrote:My screen can rotate 90 degrees, so then it's a useful option.

I've never needed a portrait screen instead of a landscape one thoguh.

I've had mine in portrait for a while now.

It comes in very handy for documents, scanning and a few other things.

Not so handy when it comes to full-screen games, though.