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Screen Flipped Upside Down

Did you walk back to your computer after lunch to find your entire screen is upside down? You have fallen victim to one of the most common office gags. Read this article to find out how to undo this.

Holding down CTRL and ALT while pressing the DOWN ARROW flips the screen upside down.

To undo it, and flip it back to normal, hold down CTRL and ALT and press the UP ARROW.

15 Comments so far »

  1. by David, on December 18 2007 @ 1:45 pm

     

    You can also try CTRL-SHIFT and then “r” … this works for some Dell configurations

  2. by Joe, on January 15 2008 @ 7:00 am

     

    HaHa, This just happened to a friend at work but it happened whilst she was cleaning her keyboard :) What’s the chance of that happening? Pressing those exact keys in order. Mind you she is accident prone as the reason the keyboard had to be cleaned was because she spilt tea all over it :D

    By the way. If the keystrokes do not work, ensure you are logged into your desktop area and no applications are running.

    Joe

  3. by Mac, on January 22 2008 @ 1:00 pm

     

    cheers, worked a treat

  4. by Robin, on February 6 2008 @ 2:15 pm

     

    My toddler did this to my lap top! This was a easy fix
    Thanks!

  5. by Zainab, on March 9 2008 @ 5:05 pm

     

    thank you sooo much! im in college, so my computer always manages to break down on me at the WORST times! Like when i have to study, or when I have a paper due!!! Im am soo glad I found this website!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU

  6. by Tash, on March 20 2008 @ 3:27 am

     

    Thank U. My baby was near the computer so was panicking when i saw my screen. As Robin says, This was an easy fix.
    Thanks!

  7. by KJK1424, on March 27 2008 @ 11:01 am

     

    Thankyou so much - my 6 year old daughter managed to do this and I thought I’d have to call an expert in!! This was easy! Phew!

  8. by feronda rufus, on May 10 2008 @ 9:23 am

     

    you know the start button at the bottom of your computer SCREEN? instead of it being at the bottom, it is on the right side of the computer screen. does anyone know how to fix it?
    THANK YOU!

    ps my computer screen isn’t flipped upside-down, sideways etc, it is the start icon that has been moved. please help.

  9. by Shark, on May 12 2008 @ 10:52 am

     

    Feronda, try clicking an empty spot in the task bar, and dragging it back down to the bottom.

  10. by sallyHansen, on May 18 2008 @ 2:29 pm

     

    Thxs a lot guys!

  11. by tin, on June 4 2008 @ 3:28 am

     

    thanx guys!! this is ridicurous ha!ha!ha! sreen turned upside down from click of the mouse.HOW?

  12. by Val, on October 30 2008 @ 6:21 pm

     

    Forget office pranks…my cat can’t stay off my keyboard and her last trick was to flip the screen…thanks for saving me!

  13. by Jan, on November 8 2008 @ 12:37 am

     

    I was just wondering which configurations of windows allow this? I had it happen to me at work and figured out how to fix it pretty quick, but when I went home to test it on my computer it wouldn’t work. I have xp at home.

  14. by Jake, on December 6 2008 @ 4:52 pm

     

    I was using my computer, then I turned to watch the TV and when I looked at my screen again it was upside down!!!

    I was like WTF!!!???
    And I had to turn my monitor upside down to find this website lol.

  15. by dumbeeee, on December 26 2008 @ 10:23 am

     

    thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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