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If they use a Windows computer, type the command Ctrl+Alt+DownArrow. It turns their screen upside-down. The other arrows work as well to turn the screen sideways. Not sure how familiar most people are with this though. I've always wanted to try it on someone and see how they reacted.


I'm so tempted to try it out with n number of windows m/c around ;)


That's an intel video chipset utility. More recent ones support Ctl-Alt(left|right) as well.


I cannot wait to use this.


It works under X as well.

$ xrandr -o inverted

To get back to normal,

$ xrandr -o normal


ahhh ... no it doesn't. perhaps with a third party monitor utility ...


It might be a Dell thing. I've only tried it on Dells and I've seen it work on a couple laptops and an older desktop. Haven't really tested this extensively though. YMMV.




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