XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:12:18 +1030, David  wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:44:22 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:23 +1030, David  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>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?   
   >>   
   >>Because that is what is required by the program.   
   >   
   >The Alt-keypad codes are a Windows thing not a particular program.   
   >They should work in any program regardless of its source.   
   >   
   >What program requires you to press Ctrl with it?   
      
   XyWrite.   
      
   I eventually I solved the problem by doing a system restore.   
      
      
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