Computer Hope
Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Geek-9pm on February 15, 2017, 03:05:22 PM
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I found out how to rotate my desktop in Windows XP. ;D
But how come I never saw t his before? Has it always been there?
(http://geek9pm.help9pm.com/CH/rotate_desktop.png)
Once in that position, it was hard to move the mouse. :'(
Will it work like that in other versions of Windows?
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It's not a Windows Feature, it's a feature of the Graphics Driver.
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So then it is not the system? It is a hardware feature?
Then if I get a new video card, it wail not be the same? :-\
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Practically all recent video cards have some way to rotate the screen, how you do it varies between cards. On Intel cards (which I presume you're using from the screenshot) you can use the menu when you right click the desktop or Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Keys. Other cards may require you to use the manufacturer's control panel.
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Practically all ...Intel cards (which I presume you're using from the screenshot) you can use the menu when you right click the desktop or Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Keys. ....
In fact, that used to work. I suspect that my system got an update for the Intel drivers and remove the Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Key feature. But I am not sure. Oh well. At least it is there if I need it.
The resins for unending it is to get a high resolution landscape screen shot view of a document I want to save. Often I see images on the Internet that I can not save, so I do a screenshot. Using rotate gives higher resolutions of portrait documents when turned 90 degrees. :)
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That feature may also be available in the doc app you are using...
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Right. If I am use a PDF reader, I can rotate it.