I have to be missing something, but what are the keys or gestures needed to rotate objects in your inventory?

Click and drag.

Tried that. No joy.

Doesn't work for everyone yet.

Yeh this is a known bug with the Pirated copy try the real game to fix it .

I'm sorry? Pirated copy? And I suppose you just managed to look in my Steam account from their servers and saw that I didn't purchase Skyrim? Or perhaps my bank account? If you don't have anything useful to contribute, then don't post.

mouse wheel, then it zooms in and you can click and drag.

There's a large portion of players who're reporting that mouse clicks arn't being registered properly in the menus and inventory on the PC version, it's a significant problem.

The most obvious way to check is whether or not you can rotate objects

His conclusions might be a bit too hasty but most of the bugs are coming from people with pirated copies. Why don't you post some specs so Bethesda devs might be able to duplicate the effect?

Sorry i dont remember saying YOU had a pirated copy i said it was a problem with the pirated copy,i wouldnt dream of saying that some people dont pay for their games,after all i only have 4 friends who do have the pirated copy and thats one of the bugs they have me and 6 of my guild mates dont have that bug with the retail game.