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   David to hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
   Re: Screen orientation in Windows XP   
   28 Dec 11 15:00:23   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp   
   From: farookdas@picknowl.on.net   
      
   On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:25:59 +0000 (UTC), Steve Hayes   
    wrote:   
      
   >I was working in an app in Windows XP and pressed Alt Ctrl 174 on the   
   >numeric keypad. In that app it should have inserted a character, but   
   >instead it passed the command on to Windows, and it changed the screen   
   >orientation from landscape to portrait, so that now the screen appears   
   >sideways.   
   >   
   >How can I get it back to the normal landscape orientation?   
      
   Why did you press Ctrl?   
      
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