My son has turned my screen round - help!

[latrucha]

I foolishly left my laptop open with my toddler int he room alone and he has done something that has made the screen - all of it - background, programmes everything, turn on its side. It looks like I just have to rotate it as you woud a phot but I don't know how to do it.

Can you help?

Have to go out but realy hoping for an answer when I come back.

What's the make and model of the laptop, and what version of Windows?

Try pressing ALT GR and the arrow key at the same time. Might have to try a couple of different arrow keys to get it back round to the right way up

sorry not very clear there - alt gr and one arrow key at a time - each arrow key moves the screen in a different direction - hence you may have to try different ones

Try pressing down Ctrl, Alt and the arrow keys (which key you press depends on which way you want it to go).

This does not work for all makes of computers and versions of Windows but perhaps it'll do the job! We used to do it to the school computers.

Brilliant! It worked. Thanks ever so much.

{LaTrucha breathes sigh of relief and thanks Mumsnet that she doesn't have to ask DH to fix her new computer after she spilt coffee on her old one}