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PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:40 am
by pete
I've been using PC's since the Tablet really was made of stone ...


Yet I've ONLY discovered (by accident) that you can instantly change screen display size by Ctrl & mouse wheel. ........


Have I been living under some kind of blanket for the past 25 years?  :D :)

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:52 am
by Fozzer
.... ;D...!

They are called; "Eureka Moments"!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

Its only recently that I discovered it is possible to pop in and out of the Flight Sim, and other programs, (full screen mode), without shutting it down, just by pressing the "Windows Key"!

Then returning back to the program by clicking on it in the Task Bar!

Very handy for doing modifications whilst the program is running...(FS Panel Studio, etc)!

The computer is full of hidden wonders, waiting to be discovered.. ;D...!

Paul... ;D...!

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:48 am
by DaveSims
I didn't know that either, I'm glad I do now so I don't do it my accident.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:12 am
by Groundbound1
Here's another one you may not know about...under your scroll wheel is a third button. Push it down to click it, then move your mouse up or down. Wheelless scrolling. (clicking any button on the mouse cancels it) I, like you, only, discovered that one a short time ago.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:43 pm
by pete
Here's another one you may not know about...under your scroll wheel is a third button. Push it down to click it, then move your mouse up or down. Wheelless scrolling. (clicking any button on the mouse cancels it) I, like you, only, discovered that one a short time ago.


Nice tip! Much faster than mouse wheeling up & down pages ...  8-)

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:35 pm
by jetprop
i knew that already(both things),first one by accident,and i kind of knew that there was a button under the scroll thingy.
i used to use it all the time,now i never do.

and how the helll did she turn it upside down. :D

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:43 pm
by FSX_Dude
Plus I learned from the WoT forums that you can press alt+enter to make the full screen minimize down to have the screen so you can see the desktop.

-Codey ;)

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:50 pm
by BigTruck
and how the helll did she turn it upside down. :D


I know on some machines it's ctrl+alt+arrow key in the direction you want to turn the screen.  I frequently flip my coworkers screens if they leave their machine unattended and unlocked.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:09 pm
by Steve M
F11 is handy to. I just heard about it a year and a half ago.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:09 pm
by DaveSims
and how the helll did she turn it upside down. :D


After much exploration of her computer, I discovered her video card had options such as "Display Orientation", and that the right amount of random clicks and key presses (from bumping the mouse and keyboard with stuff), could change said setting.  Of course I had to figure out all of this while standing on my head.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:23 pm
by Xpand
I only didn't know about the ctrl+roll wheel. Thanks!
The rest I knew from various accidents that happened when I was still a newbie in the computer world. The windows key however I found out when I got my first USB keyboard which had that key, unlike the previous one, and I tried it out.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:53 am
by expat
I found the CTRL mouse wheel by accident a couple of weeks ago. I don't know how old that function is, but I converted to a PC in...............1993 ;D ;D

Matt

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:34 am
by Apex
Son of a Bee, would ya look at that.

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:28 pm
by alrot
I learn that a very long time ago for one of the post in this forum  :D

Re: PC Screen display

PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:23 am
by ozzy72
Sometimes I do wonder if Evolution bypassed some of you guys ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Ozzy (Super Geek)