"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:PsmdneU7aPFTSAfVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>A friend of mine had the classic problem of his screen rotating 90 degrees.
>I explained that he needed to hit Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow.
>
> I went to show him on my machine - and nothing happened!
>
> Checked Graphic Properties and Rotation is enabled. Also, the Hot Keys are
> enabled as well.
>
> Not that I want the irritation of having the screen rotate, in fact I
> never use rotation but I am intrigued as to why it doesn't work.
>
> It works if I select it in Graphic Properties>Rotation.
>
> My Ctrl+Alt keys work OK as I often call up Task Manager.


Ctrl-Alt-UpArrow is not a universal short cut for every graphic card that
supports screen rotation. It is driver dependant.