Crash, screen rotated when returned to desktop

[rabidpuppy]

Have just wired up a new control panel, and after a while I got the following error and when dumped back to desktop my screen was rotated?

16:51:47.0  22/02/2009:  Running: cmd.exe /c E: E:\mame\mame.exe raiden -rompath E:\mame\roms -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -autosave -artcrop
16:55:09.0  22/02/2009:  21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured
16:55:09.0  22/02/2009:  Error in the application.
16:55:09.3  22/02/2009:	 at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)
   at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)
   at t.cp()
   at t.al()
16:55:09.3  22/02/2009:  Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds
16:55:09.3  22/02/2009:  Exception count will be dropped to 15
16:55:14.9  22/02/2009:  --**--
16:55:14.9  22/02/2009:  21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting
16:55:15.0  22/02/2009:  Closing database connection
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:  First Exception:
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:  Error in the application.
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	 at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	 at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	 at t.cp()
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	 at t.al()
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:  
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:  It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	  1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.
16:55:15.2  22/02/2009:	  2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:		 NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:		 NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:			   www.ati.com   www.nvidia.com
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	  3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	  4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	  5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	  6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	  7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:  
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:  Last Exception:
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:  Error in the application.
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	 at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	 at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	 at t.cp()
16:55:15.3  22/02/2009:	 at t.al()