[dba-Tech] Weird problem with Dell Inspiron laptop

[Rocky Smolin]

Does Ctrl-Alt-Up arrow fix it? Or Ctrl-Shift-Up Arrow (or Down Arrow)

rocky

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Susan Harkins
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:08 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Weird problem with Dell Inspiron laptop

Arthur, our Acre gave up the ghost after just a couple of years. We aren't
happy with it. :( My only suggestion is to check your updates and see if
anything was updated about the same time and then uninstall it. If that
doesn't work, try a system restore.

Susan H.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is the strangest problem I think I have ever encountered. 
> Normally I run my laptop "as" a desktop: I seldom move it from my 
> desk, and it's got lots of peripherals attached, including speakers, a 
> 4-port USB 3.0 hub, wireless keyboard/mouse, and a 22" Acer external
monitor.
>
> And there's the rub. Everything has worked perfectly for a few years 
> now, until recently. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the display 
> turned upside-down, on both the built-in display and the external 
> monitor. After some experimentation, I discovered that if I unplug the 
> external monitor, the built-in display returns to rightside-up, but 
> the moment I plug in the external again, both displays revert to 
> upside-down. I haven't made any changes to anything. True, once in a 
> while my kitten likes to lie on the built-in keyboard, for warmth 
> presumably, so it may just be possible that she hit some magic 
> keystroke that caused this, but on the other hand, that doesn't 
> explain why unplugging the external returns the built-in display to
normal.
>
> I'm baffled. It's no big deal, ultimately, since the built-in monitor 
> works fine. But I did enjoy having the pair of monitors in stretch mode.
>
> Has anyone got a clue why this is happening? Or suggestions as to what 
> I might look at to restore it to normal behaviour? I do have another 
> monitor but it's attached to my desktop computer, and it's a hassle to
switch them.
>
> While I'm at it, on the 22" Acer monitor there are four buttons 
> beneath the display, whose purpose I have never bothered to figure 
> out, and naturally the user guide is long gone.
>
> --
> Arthur
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