rainbow queen Report post Posted March 10, 2008 hi my son has managed somehow to do this when pc is on everything is wrong way round-as in its all sideways on the screen instead of the correct way round? have no idea how he did it or how to get it back wondered if it was a simple thing i could do myself -or if i did to call someone in again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted March 10, 2008 ??? Do you mean that the whole thing is rotated, or just that the 'taskbar' is now vertical instead of running along the bottom of the screen? If it's that, you can just 'pull' it back into position by the edges... If it' the whole desktop, it's possible he's gone into the 'display' settings and changed the settings to something odd(?) If you look in the bottom r/h corner (or wherever that would be now in your topsy turvy version) you may see a little icon with a monitor on it, or the name of your video card... If you can, you could try right clicking on it which will offer you some layout options. Try 1024x768... If that DOESN't sort it, just wait and the computer will switch back to where it was after about 30 seconds, so you shouldn't actually make things any worse... If you haven't got a taskbar icon try right clicking on the desktop then going into 'properties' and 'settings'... Failing that, if you've got any version of windows from XP on you could try 'system restore' to go back to yesterdays settings (or whenever windows last autosaved them). Access via START>PROGRAMMES>ACCESSORIES>SYSTEM TOOLS>SYSTEM RESTORE. It'll 'walk' you through the process from there. Only go back as far as the last point you know it was okay... the further you wind back the more chances of finding other stuff (upgraded programmes etc) becoming troublesome. There could be a much simpler explanation I haven't thought of, so wait and see if anyone else comes up with anything first! L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted March 10, 2008 There could be a much simpler explanation I haven't thought of, so wait and see if anyone else comes up with anything first! Are you sure he hasn't physically turned the monitor 90 degrees? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flipper Report post Posted March 10, 2008 hi my son has managed somehow to do this when pc is on everything is wrong way round-as in its all sideways on the screen instead of the correct way round? have no idea how he did it or how to get it back wondered if it was a simple thing i could do myself -or if i did to call someone in again? It certainly sounds (as Baddad says) like your son has managed to rotate teh desktop - some new screens support having the screen in "portrait" mode rather than the familiar "landscape" (i.e. TV-like) mode. However, when it's in the wrong mode it's very difficult to use the mouse as up goes sideways... so here's how to reset the screen using the keyboard! Hold down the Windows key and press R In the box type DESK.CPL and press Enter Press the TAB key 5 times until there is a dotted line around the word "Themes" Use the RIGHT ARROW key until the SETTINGS tab is selected Hold down the ALT key and press V Now this is where I have to guess... you've probably got the GENERAL tab selected - press TAB until there's a dotted line around the word GENERAL There should be a tab called ROTATION (hopefully), use the RIGHT ARROW key until you've selected that, then use the TAB key to highlight the section you want to change - it's probably a radio button which says something like "Normal" and the press ENTER. Hopefully that'll get you back to where you should be... Phil Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainbow queen Report post Posted March 10, 2008 thanks yes its the full screen -and yes you cant move the mouse to where u want-i will try what you have said -thanks . ill have to print this out off here then take paper with me and try it out as -im on mine here in my bedroom-the irony of it all is ive just moved his out of his room to living room -so i can time him on it ect.....and see what hes doing rq xxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley Report post Posted March 13, 2008 -the irony of it all is ive just moved his out of his room to living room -so i can time him on it ect.....and see what hes doing rq xxx Ahhhhhh - so he's sussed you out - and doesn't want to be timed or watched. He's booby-trapped it! Hope you're right-side-up again soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambi Report post Posted March 13, 2008 Sorry only just seen this and i had to reply, theres me thinking only T did this! T does this all the while and i still dont know how he does it, but i sure know how to fix it! Right click anywhere, the mouse does not work properly while its like this by the way and it can take a while to get the hang of it. Then go to graphic options then click rotation option its at the bottom of list, im guessing it will be on some number of degrees (i.e 90 or 180 degrees) u need to click on normal, the top option and its all ok again Bambi x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted March 13, 2008 Sounds like a few of you could do with creating a different account for your children to use. That way you could lock down the computers so they can't change any of the settings. If they've discovered control panel who knows what they could do. You can also stop them been able to access the graphics cards properties too. Schools and work places tend to have done this. It annoyed me earlier today as someone had somehow lowered the resolution on one of the schools PCs so that it looked awful. Everything was big and easy to read by I'm used to resolutions at least of the order of by 1024 not of by 800. Hope you manage to get sorted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainbow queen Report post Posted March 17, 2008 thanks everyone -i managed it -lol took me few days to get to doing it -i printed this off too -so have it handy if it happens again -though ive told him not to go in settings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
