# PC question, monitor display is vertical, should be horizontal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754 "2007-09-11T05:18:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SweetHomeColorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754/1 "2007-09-11T05:18:31Z")

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I’m not sure what happened, I may have pressed incorrect keys in succession, but my monitor flipped from the standard view to everything being on it’s side. I had to turn my monitor on it’s side.  
When I start the PC, the display is normal, only after windows loads does the display switch to it’s side.

What did I do and how can I fix it? This is such an annoyance!

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**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754/2 "2007-09-11T05:21:58Z")

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I seem to recall the old shortcut on my ATI video card was CTRL + ALT + (Arrow key left or right, depending on which direction you want it rotated)

My Nvidia doesn’t appear to have that option.

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**Author:** ![SweetHomeColorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754/3 "2007-09-11T07:30:43Z")

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and circle gets the square!  
That did it! thanks!

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-question-monitor-display-is-vertical-should-be-horizontal/418754/4 "2007-09-11T08:16:17Z")

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[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435646) (just for the sake of more information) to recent thread on the topic.