Shut off my Dell last night. When to sign in in the morning and when I did the Ctrl, Alt, Delete - nothing happened. is it shot or can i fix it ej

On Windows 7, it says graphics options instead of monitor settings.

Typically, to fix this type of error, you would use ctrl+alt+up arrow key to flip the screen right side up.
(incidentally...
ctrl+alt+right arrow = flip to the right
ctrl+alt+left arrow = flip to the left
ctrl+alt+down arrow = flip upside down)

If that doesn't work, or if your keyboard shortcuts have been disabled, right click on the desktop background, click on Graphics Options, then Rotation, then Rotate to Normal.

Also, if you have Intel Graphics installed on you computer, the software might have reset the default rotation setting. To fix this, right click on the desktop, then click on Graphics Properties. This should bring up the Intel Graphics window. Choose Advanced Mode, and click OK. Find the rotation settings (right side, 2nd from bottom), and choose Rotate to Normal.

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

try pressing ctrl-alt-delete and go into task manager then in the applications tab press new task and enter explorer. also have you tried entering in safe mode ?

You need to reset the BIOS by moving the jumper on the motherboard.
JOAT

Well it might be that your asking too much from your laptops graphics card. My solution would be installing a later fersion of direct x. Also some other hot keys to try are: ctrl + shift + esc. And : alt + tab or f4. Hope this helps.

after giving ur password press alt+ctrl+delete then the desktop icon will be apear. set ur windows time and date.if this happen will be come again so change ur cmos bettrey

I would run a system repair on Vista.
Look up 'repair' under the Help option.

Have a look here:
http://novice2expert.com/75/fix-a-frozen-windows-vista-with-ctrl-alt-and-delete.html

Sometimes when you use ram sticks on some older computers they do not handle taking teh ram stick out of the USB port without first closing out teh device OR if you have the RAM stick in while you are booting the machine... it will select the ram stick as the boot device and appear there is no oprerating system present.

In you case when you go to the boot menu.. be sure the boot menu is set to select the hard drive as the primary boot device. If it is not then you can make the change at teh bott up screen.

That is normal for a companies Windows Professional installation. When you hold down CTRL and ALT then press DELETE another window will pop up asking your login name and password. In the older days, CTRL, ALT and DELETE would restart your computer, but now they use that in Professional versions of windows.

Thats Task manager and if you have Windows 2K , XP or Vista they will not shut the unit down w/these keyboard options.