SubscribeDid 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.
by David, on December 18 2007 @ 1:45 pm
You can also try CTRL-SHIFT and then “r” … this works for some Dell configurations
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 
By the way. If the keystrokes do not work, ensure you are logged into your desktop area and no applications are running.
Joe
by Mac, on January 22 2008 @ 1:00 pm
cheers, worked a treat
by Robin, on February 6 2008 @ 2:15 pm
My toddler did this to my lap top! This was a easy fix
Thanks!
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
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!
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!
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.
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.
by sallyHansen, on May 18 2008 @ 2:29 pm
Thxs a lot guys!
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?
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!
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.
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.
by dumbeeee, on December 26 2008 @ 10:23 am
thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Josh, on March 4 2009 @ 9:44 am
thank god!!! i thought i had been hacked or something……….thanksss
by Lakunya, on March 13 2009 @ 2:02 pm
My 10 yr. old son’s computer just froze up on him, and he started pressing the keys on the keyboard all at once, and before he knew what happened, his screen was flipped, so of course, he started screaming and yelling for mommy to come into his room. Immediately when I saw his monitor, I knew what had happened because we used to pull this same prank on each other at work in the office, but I have forgotten how to undo it. So, I told my son that I would get on my computer to find a solution, and then he called me back into his room to tell me that he fixed it, by flipping his entire monitor upside down, so now that I have found the real solution, I can go and fix his screen. Thank You very much!
by Brian, on April 17 2009 @ 3:44 am
pressing ctrl + alt then using the arrow keys you can rotate the screen
by crystal lee, on May 13 2009 @ 12:10 pm
this didn’t work for me!!
why isn’t it working??:O D=
by Ginger, on May 19 2009 @ 6:10 am
The ctrl+alt+up arrow did not work for me either. What finally worked was closing all open applications, right click on the desktop and go to graphic option and click normal. Had tried this several times, but only worked once I closed my open applications.
by Tommy Thoresen, on June 4 2009 @ 10:55 am
ctrl+alt+up arrow did work for me.
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Thanx for the tips
by tavon, on June 22 2009 @ 5:20 am
it only works on a laptop but thanks
by Janice Fitzhugh, on June 22 2009 @ 6:33 am
Thanx my little smart — co-worker flipped my screen jokes on him