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Monitor rotation wrong

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Having problems where your monitor rotation is wrong, such as the start menu ending up upside down at the top of the screen? Follow the instructions below to repair.

Common fix for those using an Intel graphics driver, try the following Key combination:

  1. On the keyboard, press and hold the: CTRL+ALT key then hold down the UP-ARROW button, to switch the screen rotation, keep pressing the UP-ARROW till you get your desired rotation.

If the step above didn’t work, try this:

  1. Look for the Time on the Start Bar
  2. Around the time will be small little icons, now position your mouse you might have to put it sideways and click to reveal any hidden icons on the small arrow.
  3. Look for the Graphics driver tray icon, it might be nVidia (which is a green icon) or ATI (which is a red icon) and right click it.
  4. Left click Rotation
  5. Choose Normal
  6. Press Ok (within 15 seconds) on the dialog Window that opens to accept the changes if your rotation is now the right way.

Sony Tablet S Not Starting Reset

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Having problems where your Sony S Tablet is getting power from the adapter but actually not turning on? I had this issue and this is how I got it running again.

  1. On the side panel of your Tablet you will see small letters, stating Reset.
  2. Get a Pin or Paper Clip and put it in the small hole next to the Reset word.
  3. Hold for 10 seconds
  4. Your Tablet should now restart on its own.

Note: Pressing the Reset button will not set the tablet back to Factory settings, but pressing the Reset button and turning your Tablet off will reset it back to Factory settings.

Missing Facebook ticker

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Missing the Facebook Ticker?

The ticker gets activated once you have reached a certain amount of friends on your Facebook profile who are active. The fix is simply, invite more friends! General count is about 100 Friends.

NTLDR Windows XP

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To repair this issue you need to have a Windows XP CD.

  1. First you need to boot from the Windows CD
  2. Once at the first “welcome” screen, press R to enter the Recovery Console
  3. Press the number of the Windows install you would like to repair (ie 1)
  4. Type in your Administrator password if there is one, if not press Enter.
  5. Now we need to copy two files from the Windows CD to your Windows install folders, type in the commands below:
  6. copy d:I386ntldr C: (Press Enter)
  7. copy d:I386ntdetect.com C: (Press Enter)
  8. Type: exit

Your computer will now restart, remove the Windows CD and you should now have a bootable Windows installation.