urgent help needed what the fuck did I do?

monster • Mar 13, 2018 9:43 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 • Mar 13, 2018 9:54 am
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 • Mar 13, 2018 10:10 am
you are a star thank you. did the first step can now read again
monster • Mar 13, 2018 10:12 am
well it was already set to landscape, I guess maybe it just needed affirmation. We'll see, thanks.
lumberjim • Mar 13, 2018 10:14 am
I've effectively taught everyone here (at work) that prank.
monster • Mar 13, 2018 11:26 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 • Mar 13, 2018 11:29 am
CTRL-ALT-[direction that you want to be "up"]. IE, CTRL-ALT-DOWN is upside down.
monster • Mar 13, 2018 11:39 am
cool thanks. good job I'm all out of the capacity for evil today. And probably the last person to know about it :D
monster • Mar 13, 2018 11:40 am
I do wonder how in the fuck I did that accidentally.....
Flint • Mar 13, 2018 12:18 pm
monster;1005565 wrote:
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 • Mar 13, 2018 7:31 pm
You made the mistake of buying a Windows laptop.
lumberjim • Mar 13, 2018 7:45 pm
That's where you're wrong, bub.

She stole that laptop
Squawk • Mar 14, 2018 12:47 am
lumberjim;1005618 wrote:
She stole that laptop


I'd still feel cheated. She took the risk of stealing it for a piece of crap.
lumberjim • Mar 14, 2018 8:31 am
Don't start that shit please. It's condescending and rude, not to mention poorly timed.
Squawk • Mar 14, 2018 1:02 pm
lumberjim;1005651 wrote:
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.
monster • Aug 29, 2018 9:20 pm
OK so now I made it type right to left without doing anything complex. I fixed it by restarting, but WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO? This was in outlook email.....
sexobon • Aug 29, 2018 10:56 pm
Maybe you accidentally typed the shortcut?

Ctrl + Shift to change Text direction:

For right-to-left, press: Ctrl + Right.Shift.
For left-to-right, press: Ctrl + Left.Shift.

At least this should get you back to L-R if it happens again.
monster • Aug 30, 2018 12:46 am
must be, thanks. But that seems too easy to do, I wonder who thought it was a good idea
tw • Aug 30, 2018 9:30 am
monster;1014222 wrote:
I wonder who thought it was a good idea

Dyslexics.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2018 4:24 pm
monster;1014209 wrote:
OK so now I made it type right to left without doing anything complex. I fixed it by restarting, but WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO? This was in outlook email.....


Took 5 months to restart?
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 30, 2018 5:34 pm
No, this was a different problem.
Griff • Aug 30, 2018 9:33 pm
I'm thinking unfunny pranking...
monster • Aug 30, 2018 9:58 pm
nope. I totally did this to myself
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