Trick - WinXP Rotate screen

[websoul]

press CTRL + ALT + navigation key (any one to which u want to rotate, uparrow ,downarrow left or right)

Please reate it if u like it

 

[Livewire]

Doesn't always work - if memory serves this is somewhat dependent on both the copy of XP installed AND the drivers for the card in question.


For me, Win XP SP2 Pro w/Nvidia Geforce 8800gt up-to-date drivers as of a few days ago when I installed it. I have to right-click on the NVIDIA Settings icon in my system tray to change rotation.



It's not a bad trick, but it won't always work, so don't be surprised if it doesn't work on your particular card/xp combination.

 

[TechAsh]

It only works with certain graphic card drivers (ATI doesn't have this feature, but NVIDIA does). The only use for this that I can think of is if you had a projector of something that wasn't mounted the correct way up.

 

[alexandgruntz]

This works on my copy of Vista with ATi drivers.

It also works on all copies of XP Tablet.

 

[Livewire]

It only works with certain graphic card drivers (ATI doesn't have this feature, but NVIDIA does). The only use for this that I can think of is if you had a projector of something that wasn't mounted the correct way up.

I've got a better one we used at college actually - if you wanted to show the person in front of you something cool, you bent the monitor over (theirs were able to bend almost flat back), and flipped the screen via the keyboard. Worked like a charm, although I can't see this working much outside of that yea

 

[tittat]

I think this short cut is not of xp.But its of the graphics card(drivers) which we installed.Its called hot keys. Am i right?

 

[tnl2k7]

I think this short cut is not of xp.But its of the graphics card(drivers) which we installed.Its called hot keys. Am i right?

Yes, it's part of the nVidia display drivers. And if you've got XP SP3 it probably won't work, quite a lot of things have been changed in the service pack.

-Luke.

 

[Franc0]

Yeah depends totally on Graphics Card Drivers.. doesnt work here. yo ucan always try to flip the monitor though upside down to achive similar results.

 

[knmtftw]

flip monitor? U mean physically?

This works for me too, with recent Intel Chipset.

 

[sunils]

Thats not because of all that. you have a setting in the graphics card software. If you enable that, the above key combination works. Else it will not. You have an option called as Hot key. In your graphics properties, you have an option called as enable hot keys and enable rotation check box. That does this trick. Its not win xp shortcut key.

 

[warlordste]

thats old school and some of my friends are right it all depends on ur graphic poperties

 

[sandfire1on1]

Why would anyone consider this a 'trick'? I mean, it's really just part of the graphics driver's tools for projectors and the like... Those working at home probably don't read upside down, so this isn't useful really..

 

[hamsn]

it works only for adapters which are enabled for screen rotation

like intel 92915 adapters and many others nvidia variant

 

[Scott B]

This doesn't work for me, I have an ATI graphics card.
It works on my schools computers though (don't ask me why I was doing it there )

 

[vena123]

lol nice