Upside down icons on desktop

poppy388 · 10-13-2004, 01:51 PM

Hey, My grandkids were playing in my computer room. Enough said. Now when I turn on my computer the desktop icons are upside down.
Help!

Thanks

elf · 10-13-2004, 05:52 PM

sounds like a virus of sorts to me...that or a program they downloaded on purpose and installed.

TheMajor · 10-13-2004, 06:28 PM

It could be one of these joke-virusses. I have one of them. It dissapears when clicking your mousebutton or hitting a key.

Chevy · 10-13-2004, 08:16 PM

Turn the monitor over?

SmileyOr · 10-16-2004, 12:31 PM

Some video cards do have a setting for rotating your monitor picture output. Have you checked your video settings ?

jonno112 · 10-16-2004, 04:38 PM

Intel cards have these sort of options, right click the desktop and select graphic options and rotate the screen the right way.

Then disable the hot keys.

My kids do it to.

Jon

10-13-2004, 01:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
poppy388 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 OS: Win 2000 and Win XP	Upside down icons on desktop Hey, My grandkids were playing in my computer room. Enough said. Now when I turn on my computer the desktop icons are upside down. Help! Thanks

10-13-2004, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
elf Assistant Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 6,127 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 and Slackware 10.1 My System	sounds like a virus of sorts to me...that or a program they downloaded on purpose and installed. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

10-13-2004, 08:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chevy Semi-Retired Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,172 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Turn the monitor over? __________________ “My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white” -M. Python

10-16-2004, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
SmileyOr Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 3 OS: Win XP Pro	Some video cards do have a setting for rotating your monitor picture output. Have you checked your video settings ? __________________ SmileyOr Oregon, USA

10-13-2004, 06:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMajor Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18 OS: XP	It could be one of these joke-virusses. I have one of them. It dissapears when clicking your mousebutton or hitting a key.

10-16-2004, 04:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
jonno112 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: melbourne Posts: 189 OS: XP, 2k3server, Vista	Intel cards have these sort of options, right click the desktop and select graphic options and rotate the screen the right way. Then disable the hot keys. My kids do it to. Jon