Re: Playing DOOM on WinXP

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From: Raymond Martineau
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:58

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On 20 Nov 2005 17:30:56 -0800, jamehec@gmail.com wrote:

>Every time I've run DOOM on WinXP, the screen display rotates 90
>degrees to the right (what was at the top of the screen is now on the
>right, and so on).
>
>How do I fix this bug?

That's your video card drivers having non-standard settings (e.g. having
rotation enabled on desktop, or in-game.)

Try a source-port such as prBoom, ZDoom, or JDoom - they are capable of
running in windowed mode without problem.

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