I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s my

question-

The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
computer do something
I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
lines appeared
and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
restarted the
computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop is
a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many buttons,
to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the power
button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
re-install and now it works fine,but I
would like to know if the re-install
was needed, and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.


James
Thank You

You probably did the only thing you could. I had version of XP before they
added SP2. I constantly had to redo the computer every 2 to 3 months. I hada
motherboard failure and replaced the mother board and the operating system
would work only two or three days before I had to format and reload the
system. Most of the "experts" on this web news board assured me that there
was nothing wrong with the operating system. I bought a new system and
installed it last April and have had no trouble with it since. Don't know
what you are into but it is possible that you got into a bootleg windows xp
disk. If you keep having trouble it might be that you have to completely
replace the xp system with a new one

Luckeyo


"James" <moore_guys@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132991744.382380.3110@g49g2000cwa.googlegrou ps.com...
>I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
> want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s my
>
> question-
>
> The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
> computer do something
> I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
> lines appeared
> and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
> restarted the
> computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
> later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
> the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
> repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
> myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop is
> a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many buttons,
> to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the power
> button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
> re-install and now it works fine,but I
> would like to know if the re-install
> was needed, and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.
>
>
> James
> Thank You
>

It's a great possibility that you by perchance pressed the combo keys that
rotate the screen.
Right click the desktop.
Click Properties > Settings tab > Advanced button.
Check the different tabs/settings for Rotate.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




"James" <moore_guys@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132991744.382380.3110@g49g2000cwa.googlegrou ps.com...
>I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
> want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s my
>
> question-
>
> The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
> computer do something
> I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
> lines appeared
> and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
> restarted the
> computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
> later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
> the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
> repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
> myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop is
> a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many buttons,
> to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the power
> button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
> re-install and now it works fine,but I
> would like to know if the re-install
> was needed, and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.
>
>
> James
> Thank You
>

"James" <moore_guys@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132991744.382380.3110@g49g2000cwa.googlegrou ps.com...
>I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
> want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s my
>
> question-
>
> The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
> computer do something
> I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
> lines appeared
> and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
> restarted the
> computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
> later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
> the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
> repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
> myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop is
> a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many buttons,
> to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the power
> button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
> re-install and now it works fine,but I
> would like to know if the re-install
> was needed, and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.
>
>
> James
> Thank You
>

In the manual that came with your computer, it has instructions on how to
rotate the screen;
it varies by model. You could probably have fixed the screen without the
re-install, provided all that happened was your screen was rotated. it
sounds like you have no Antivirus and Firewall installed, which allowed some
malicious code to alter the resolution or orientation of the screen.

You need to protect your computer; recommend a solid Internet Security Suite
such as
Norton Internet Security.

Bobby

James wrote:
> I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
> want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s
> my
>
> question-
>
> The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
> computer do something
> I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
> lines appeared
> and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
> restarted the
> computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
> later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
> the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
> repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
> myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop
> is a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many
> buttons, to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the
> power button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
> re-install and now it works fine,but I
> would like to know if the re-install
> was needed, and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.
>
>
> James
> Thank You

I agree with Brian.

--
Mike Pawlak

James wrote:

> I think there are some knowledgable people here on Windows XP, so I
> want to ask something since I think I have much to learn, and here`s
> my
>
> question-
>
> The other day while using my laptop with Windows XP Home sp2, I saw my
> computer do something
> I had never saw any computer do. My computer blinked, some horizonital
> lines appeared
> and went to the desktop, my wallpaper went horizonital on my screen. I
> restarted the
> computer and it was sill messed up. I shut it down,and several minutes
> later when I turned it on,it was still horizontal-with my taskbar on
> the right edge of the screen. I deceided I would take it in for
> repairs, but overnight I deceided I would try to reinstall win xp
> myself,(I tried an upgrade first and that didn`t work, and my laptop
> is a Dell Inspiron 1150 which I like) but it dosent have as many
> buttons, to adjust the display like a desktop computer has, only the
> power button, and one for DellAccess Direct. Well I accomplished the
> re-install and now it works fine,but I
> would like to know if the re-install
> was needed,


No it wasn't. Reinstalls are hardly ever needed to fix things.


> and if I could have fixed it without re-installing.


It's a feature of your video card, not a problem to fix. Right-click on the
desktop and choose Properties. Look around
there for the setting to rotate the screen.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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