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How to flip the screen on a computer, laptop: 90, 180 degrees

User question

Hello.

Tell me what you can do: on my laptop, the screen turned 180 degrees and everything became upside down. The picture itself seems to be clear, without distortion, the laptop turns on and works otherwise as usual. Is it possible to rotate the screen without going to the service?

Sincerely, Marina.

Good day!

Quite a popular problem that occurs equally often, both on laptops and on PCs. Most likely, you just accidentally changed the video driver settings, or pressed a certain key combination. In this article I will give several ways how you can get everything back ...

👉 Note!

In some cases, flipping the screen comes in handy! Do not think that software developers are intriguing you on purpose. For example, you are watching a photo or video taken upside-down - you clicked a couple of buttons and the screen turned. Conveniently? Conveniently!

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Ways to flip the screen

Method number 1: using hotkeys

Many laptops now have special keyboard shortcuts for screen rotation. (they are called hot) ... They allow you to change the orientation of the image on the screen in a matter of seconds, for example, to make it portrait or landscape. As said above, this feature is quite handy in some cases.

Keyboard shortcuts for rotating the picture on the monitor:

  1. Ctrl + Alt + ↓ (down arrow. By the way, you don't need to press the pluses!) - flip the screen 180 degrees (ie upside down);
  2. Ctrl + Alt + ← - rotate 90 degrees to the left;
  3. Ctrl + Alt + → - rotate 90 degrees to the right;
  4. Ctrl + Alt + ↑ - Return images to their normal position.

Classic laptop keyboard

👉 Note!

These keys will not work for everyone, for example, they can be disabled by default in the driver settings. Or the manufacturer did not lay them at all ...

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Method number 2: through the video driver settings

To begin with, I want to say that your video drivers must be installed and updated (as well as a control center for them. By the way, Windows often updates drivers for most hardware when installing the system, but they "go" without a control center!).

👉 To help!

There is no Intel HD, nVidia or AMD Radeon video driver icon in the tray next to the clock and on the desktop - what to do ->

If the driver is installed on your video card, you just need to look in the tray (next to the clock): there should be a corresponding icon (example below)

Intel graphics

Or right-click anywhere on the desktop: there should be a link to the control panel in the context menu (example below).

Login to NVIDIA Control Panel // from the desktop

👉 To help!

If you do not have such links, most likely you do not have the drivers installed (or are by default, which were installed on the system along with Windows).

Intel

In the Intel settings, you need to open the section "Display" ... In subsection "Turn" you can choose a value between 90-180-270 degrees (see screenshot below).

In addition, in this section you can set the refresh rate, set the resolution, scaling, and other settings.

Display - Intel Graphics Settings

Note: Please note that after changing the resolution or rotating the image, you will see a warning on the screen asking you to confirm the changes. If suddenly the picture on the monitor has completely deteriorated, and you do not see anything, then just wait 15 seconds, the changed parameters will be reset and return to their original values.

NVIDIA

In the NVIDIA Control Panel, open the tab "Display" (on the left in the menu), then open the link "Rotate the display" ... There you can choose an orientation:

  • landscape (default);
  • bookstore;
  • landscape (folded);
  • book (folded).

When choosing between these modes, set the parameter as it is convenient for viewing the image on the monitor.

Display rotation // NVIDIA

AMD

In AMD Catalyst Center, everything is also quite obvious: open in the menu on the left "Common Display Tasks / Rotate Desktop" , select the mode from the list: landscape or portrait (there are also mirror options for them).

AMD Catalyst Center // select display orientation: portrait, landscape

Note: The settings menu can vary greatly depending on the version of the video driver.

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Method number 3: through Windows settings

Windows 7

Right-click anywhere on the desktop, select "Screen Resolution" in the pop-up context menu (as in the screenshot below).

Screen Resolution - Windows 7

Next, the screen settings will open: in the "Orientation" tab, change the value to "Landscape" or "Portrait" (depending on requirements).

Display Settings - Windows 7

Important! When you change the resolution or orientation, Windows will wait for you to confirm the changed settings. So, if something goes wrong, just wait 15 seconds. and don't press any buttons ...

Windows 8, 10

In principle, changing the orientation of the image is the same as on Windows 7. When you right-click on the desktop, a menu will appear - you need to select "Display settings".

Display settings // Windows 10

Next, the "Customize your screen" page will open: there are settings for orientation, screen brightness, and resolution. Set the required parameters.

Screen orientation - Windows 10

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Why might the picture not rotate on the monitor?

Sometimes you press buttons, change settings, but nothing happens - the picture on the monitor does not change in any way ... This can happen for the following reasons:

1) Change the orientation of the wrong monitor. This is relevant if you have multiple monitors connected to your computer (or were previously connected). When setting up, pay attention to which monitor you change the orientation!

2) Perhaps your drivers got up crookedly, or flew off. You should try to download the drivers from the official website of your manufacturer and reinstall them. How to find, select and update drivers for the video adapter can be found in this article: //ocomp.info/kak-obnovit-drayver-na-videokartu.html

3) I also recommend checking your computer for viruses. Some types of malware suit games: they change the resolution, make the mouse cursor jump, rotate the image, and so on. Popular antiviruses of this year 👉 are given in this article.

4) Lastly, try booting your Windows OS in Safe Mode. It is often in this mode that it is possible to correct certain errors. In addition, if the problem is related to video drivers, then the image on the screen should be displayed in standard mode.

How to enter safe mode in Windows 7/8/10 - //ocomp.info/kak-zayti-v-bez-rezh-windows.html

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I hope the question is settled ?!

Have a nice day!

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First publication: 09/21/2017

Correction of the record: 01/30/2020

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