HELP! Everything on my laptop screen just flipped to the side?

Press Ctrl – Alt – Up Arrow!

Nah, it’s not a big deal, you just somehow hit the key combo that flips the screen.

I fucking love you both. <3 I had no idea it was that simple, or that could even happen. LURVE! Haha! Thank you! :)

I should really learn more about computers. I feel all embarrassed now…

Mods: Feel free to close the question now that my problem is solved.

Nah, it’s not common knowledge. I had to google it because I couldn’t remember.

It seems like a cruel trick that the key command is enabled by default. (Though now you know, and it’s kind of fun to do it to other peoples’ computers).

There is a way to disable it. On my laptop the setting is at Control Panel->Intel GMA driver for Mobile->Hot Keys

Don’t feel embarrassed. How would you know what happened or how to fix it—it never happened before. We’re here for YOU, @DrasticDreamer. (Of course, @Vortico is the real hero: I only held your hand; he provided the instructions.)

Keep your cat away from your computer in the future. They tend to press all sorts of weird key combos.

Please leave this question up here for all the rest of us who need to know stuff like this!

Ah, yeah.. This kept me busy when I worked for a large computer company because it became the “Prank of the Week” when Intel added this gem to their video drivers.
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Another good one is hit the F11 key when using a Windows web browser.

I really love that keystroke. It’s the best thing to do to all the public computers at the library.

Just for reference, you can rotate the screen of a Windows computer with most Intel graphics cards by pressing Ctrl – Alt – Up/Down/Left/Right.

Happy pranking. :)