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Help! toddler turned laptop screen sideways - how do I turn it around!

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ITasteSpring · 30/03/2020 08:08

My three year old (no really a toddler tbh) has got hold of my work laptop and done something so the screen is showing as sideways.
It is almost impossible to use the mouse like this.
I am very IT illiterate - does anyone know what I do to fix this?
I have turned it off and on again but it has not helped. I should have started work half an hour ago!
I bloody hate home working!

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MgihtaswellbeAkon · 30/03/2020 08:09

CTRL + ALT + arrow key Grin

JuniperBeer · 30/03/2020 08:09

Press ctrl+alt+ up arrow key together and make sure to keep it out of reach, he could have done much worse 🤣

VadenuRewetje · 30/03/2020 08:10

Grin mine did this regularly at that age. three 3 control buttons as per PP are all grouped very close on some keyboards so that a descending toddler fist can easily hit all 3 at once.

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ITasteSpring · 30/03/2020 08:16

You are all brilliant! Thank you so much! I will tell my six year old that he was pretty much right! He said to use the cursor keys, he just didn't know about the ctrl+atl+ up thing.

Thanks! I've been finding this homeworking so stressful anyway! Thanks for being my office mates I can turn to for help!

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WutheringFrights · 30/03/2020 08:17

My brother used to do this to his colleagues computers if they took long lunches...

ITasteSpring · 30/03/2020 08:23

Was he their boss? Grin

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