Is it a Dell computer your using? If so, Press insert and 3 to bypass the jaws hotkeys... this will turn it's self off after pressing the next key. Now press control alt and left / right arrow. You'll need someone who can see the screen to confirm that it's the right way around. From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Halligan Sent: 14 September 2009 22:30 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] display on screen appearing sideways hi gang heres another one for you. this time its the daughters laptop which is acting bokkity. i guess these things come in threes, ah. anyway suddenly here desktop has all the icons sideways and the taskbar is moved to the right. in other words she has to turn her screen on its side to view it properly as if she were holding the laptop the way you would hold a book. we have gone into the desktop properties , appearence and display etc but no joy. anyone any ideas. she did a system restore but no joy either. hope ye can help thanks paul h