Re: Tecra A10-11J - Display rotates 90 degress if I open a game

Everytime I open a game, my display rotates 90 degrees to the right. I have no ideea how to fix this problem.
I have the right graphics driver. My notebook is a Toshiba Tecra A10-11J.
Please help me, I've read a lot on this subject but nothing helpfull.
Thank you for your time.

Your notebook uses the Intel graphic card and pressing the certain key combination you could rotate the display to a different position.
As Im not mistaken you can use this key combination
Rotate to normal -> press CTRL + ALT + UP buttons
Rotate 90 degrees -> press CTRL + ALT + LEFT \
and so on.
you can also check this in Control panel -> Intel Graphic Media Accelerator
Greets

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