Rotating a monitor in windows xp

Camford Camford 3 3 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. Hey thanks for your response, that's what I was afraid of. I know you mentioned that it's built into the OS for Windows 7, which I can confirm is true. Like I said, we have this functionality fully implemented in our version of the software for Windows 7.

They list functions and structs that they say can achieve these effects, and they can't. Oh well. Thanks again! Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name.

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If you still cannot rotate the screen, delete the Display adapter in Device Manager and reboot the computer to reinstall the video card. Always install the latest Windows updates to keep your video drivers current. For help with Windows updates, see: How to update a Microsoft Windows computer. Each time this shortcut is pressed, the screen makes one clockwise rotation of degrees. Shortcut key combination. Windows 7, 8, and Windows XP and Vista. Tech Support Guy is completely free -- paid for by advertisers and donations.

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Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Mar 15, Messages 1. Hi, I need to get a new monitor for my mum who uses Windows XP. Atm she has a 19" Dell monitor, but she is slowly losing her site, so a 24" or 26" would be better - anything bigger than that seems to be quite a bit more expensive. Are there any problems that other software would have? The screen real estate would be x or better.

Joined Aug 15, Messages 6, Most graphics driver software has the ablility to rotate the display on the monitor,so you could physically rotate the monitor then rotate the picture to match. Should not affect your programs.