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Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an observation
that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key (next to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down cursor-key re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as normal! All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) Not on mine
It must be a hotkey on your video driver to allow for swiveling flat screens. Dave. Show quote "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F518107B-8AB3-4833-A639-FCE54BAB7BF9@microsoft.com... > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an > observation > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key > (next > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down > cursor-key > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as > normal! > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) I used to do that back at school in the computer labs when I was finished
using a computer. It was funny to have someone come in and wake up the monitor to find the screen displayed upside-down. What a hoot! Unfortunately, sometimes the computer mysteriously rebooted itself when you did it. Never was able to figure out why that was. Probably some weird configuration. Show quote "StephenMcC" wrote: > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an observation > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key (next > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down cursor-key > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as normal! > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) Funny!! I wonder if you could script this using WMI, like change the
configuration while some one is using the computer (ehm, not that I'd ever do that kind of thing!) Show quote "Chris Lieb" wrote: > I used to do that back at school in the computer labs when I was finished > using a computer. It was funny to have someone come in and wake up the > monitor to find the screen displayed upside-down. What a hoot! > Unfortunately, sometimes the computer mysteriously rebooted itself when you > did it. Never was able to figure out why that was. Probably some weird > configuration. > > "StephenMcC" wrote: > > > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an observation > > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key (next > > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down cursor-key > > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as normal! > > > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) I'm not seeing this on my Sony laptop.
What am I doing wrong? Is this machine specific? Dan Show quote "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D15CDC13-5305-4055-BBB5-E9766C499982@microsoft.com... > Funny!! I wonder if you could script this using WMI, like change the > configuration while some one is using the computer (ehm, not that I'd ever > do > that kind of thing!) > > "Chris Lieb" wrote: > >> I used to do that back at school in the computer labs when I was finished >> using a computer. It was funny to have someone come in and wake up the >> monitor to find the screen displayed upside-down. What a hoot! >> Unfortunately, sometimes the computer mysteriously rebooted itself when >> you >> did it. Never was able to figure out why that was. Probably some weird >> configuration. >> >> "StephenMcC" wrote: >> >> > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an >> > observation >> > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key >> > (next >> > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display >> > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down >> > cursor-key >> > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw >> > it >> > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as >> > normal! >> > >> > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel >> > on >> > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I >> > the >> > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur >> > computer >> > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never >> > met!) What country are you in? I looked up 'Alt Gr' on the Microsoft site and it
said it is only on non US keyboards. Show quote "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F518107B-8AB3-4833-A639-FCE54BAB7BF9@microsoft.com... > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an > observation > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key > (next > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down > cursor-key > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as > normal! > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) "Eric" <some***@microsoft.com> wrote in message I believe it's mainly a European thing.news:OS7gH0xVFHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > What country are you in? I looked up 'Alt Gr' on the Microsoft site and > it said it is only on non US keyboards. Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB] wrote...
> "Eric" <some***@microsoft.com> wrote in message For most purposes, it is equivalent to pressing (Ctrl + Alt)> news:OS7gH0xVFHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > > >>What country are you in? I looked up 'Alt Gr' on the Microsoft site and >>it said it is only on non US keyboards. > > > I believe it's mainly a European thing. Pressing Alt Gr + Delete is not the same as Ctrl + Alt + Delete, but it will work with any other shortcut which has been assigned Ctrl + Alt + $key FWIW my screen doesn't flip on Win2k. Yep, non US, in ireland actually. Just tried and it also works when pressing
ctrl + alt and then associated scroll key. So if you don't have an 'Alt Gr' key then try ctrl + alt instead... Show quote "Eric" wrote: > What country are you in? I looked up 'Alt Gr' on the Microsoft site and it > said it is only on non US keyboards. > > "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F518107B-8AB3-4833-A639-FCE54BAB7BF9@microsoft.com... > > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an > > observation > > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key > > (next > > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down > > cursor-key > > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as > > normal! > > > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) > > > "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com>'s wild thoughts were released on Thu, 12 May 2005 08:50:14 -0700bearing the following fruit: >Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an observation Look at the oprions screen from your video driver. It's a>that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key (next >to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display >changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down cursor-key >re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it >left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as normal! > >All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on >its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the >first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer >reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) feature, although I can't think of any use for it either. Jan Hyde (VB MVP) -- ”On the first day of Christmas, my tulip gave to me” (Richard Lederer) [Abolish the TV Licence - http://www.tvlicensing.biz/] Is it possible that this feature was added for projectors that were
ceiling mounted, but did not have a vertical flip option? On Fri, 13 May 2005 09:07:34 +0100, Jan Hyde <StellaDrin***@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com> wrote: Show quote >"StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com>'s wild >thoughts were released on Thu, 12 May 2005 08:50:14 -0700 >bearing the following fruit: > >>Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an observation >>that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key (next >>to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display >>changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down cursor-key >>re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it >>left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as normal! >> >>All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on >>its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the >>first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer >>reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!) > >Look at the oprions screen from your video driver. It's a >feature, although I can't think of any use for it either. > > > >Jan Hyde (VB MVP) Stephen
Hey that's great. I've just taken delivery (Yesterday) of a Dell 24" flat screen (1920*1200 resolution) and the monitor can swivel through 90 deg. I was wondering how I would display stuff. It might be useful for reading long documents, though I must confess, having just tried it, that the image is not so sharp when displayed in Portrait mode. Rob Show quote "StephenMcC" <Stephen***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F518107B-8AB3-4833-A639-FCE54BAB7BF9@microsoft.com... > Apologies all, but this isn't a question, more a statement or an > observation > that I've noticed in my utter boredom. If I hold won the 'Alt Gr' key > (next > to the space bar on the right) and one of the cursor keys the display > changes, in that it re-draws it for that direction, ie: the down > cursor-key > re-draws it up-side down, while the left and right cursor-keys re-draw it > left/right horizontal respectively and the up cursor-key sets it as > normal! > > All I can ask why would one need this, unless of course my monitor feel on > its side, or worse yet - upside down! Is this a xp easter egg?! Am I the > first to notice this? Give it a go, (though with that said if ur computer > reacts differently don't blame me, I'm just some developer you never met!)  |
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