CREATE OVERLAY ERROR

[DEBBIE]

I HAVE SEEN THE SUGGESTION ABOUT CHECKING THE REMOTE DESKTOP SETTING MINE IS NOT SET FOR THIS. I HAE JUST SUDDENLY GOT THIS MESSAGE I HAVE HAD MY SOFTWARE SINCE I BOUGHT MY TOSHIBA LAPTOP LAST SEPTEMBER. I HAVE CHECKED THE CD/DVD ROM IT IS WORKING FINE. I AM BAFFLED AS TO HOW TO FIX THIS. TECH SUPPORT FROM CIRUCIT CITY WANTS ME TO DO A COMPLETE BACKUP (YOU ARE RUNNING TOO MANY PROCESSES WAS HIS RESPONSE, I HAVE 106 RUNNING ACCORDING TO HIM I SHOULD BE RUNNING UNDER 55). CAN ANYONE GIVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

[sjj1805]

Wow 106 running processes - it is a wonder your computer runs at all.
When you install stuff on your computer, many of these games and programs and so called utilities place something in one of the computers start up locations so that they run as soon as you turn your computer on. They run even though you most likely do not need them.

Firstly you need to click here --> so that we can then view your system specifications.

When you say Last September would that be September 2006 and you have XP or September 2007 and you have Vista.
Whilst the procedure for getting rid of lots of these unwanted processes is similar, the file locations concerned are different.

If you have XP you might be interested in reading how I created a
Video Editing Profile and got my computer down to a mere 12 processes.

[DEBBIE]

I PURCHASED THE TOSHIBA LAST SEPTEMBER 2006. I USE THIS LAP TOP FOR SKYPE COMMUNICATION, PLAYING AUDIO BOOKS (AUDIBLE, OR FROM RIPPED CD'S), A VERY LITLE EMAIL, STORING SOME MUSIC FILES (I AM A SINGER), AND OCCASIONAL INTERNET RESEARCH. BUT THE COMPUTER I AM ON NOW (MY DESKTOP) IS MY PRIMARY COMPUTER. I WILL BE MOVING TO THE UK IN FEBRUARY AND BOUGHT THE LAP TOP FOR EASE IN THE MOVE, AND ACCESS TO DVD'S FROM MY REGION. WE WILL BE USING THIS LAP TOP IN PERFROMANCE SITUATIONS FOR A LARGER VARIETY OF AVAILIABLE MUSIC FILES WO WORK WITH A YAMAHA KEYBOARD, SO I WANT IT IN GOOD SHAPE BEFORE I LEAVE. I CAN EASILY CLEAR THE STARTUP PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT RUNNING UNNECESSARILY. THE OTHER PRIMARY PROGRAMS THAT ARE STORED ON THE LAP TOP, BUT NOT USED ALL OF THE TIME ARE ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE, "JAWS FOR WINDOWS" (SPEECH BASED), AND A SCREEN ENLARGER
CALLED "ZOOMTEXT". I DO NEED THESE PROGRAMS BUT I DO NOT USE THEM AS AUTO STARTUPS, I PULL THEM UP WHEN I NEED THEM TO RUN, AS THEY SUCK A LOT OF RAM MEMORY, AND CAN INTERFERE WITH VIDEO RELATED PROGRAMS. I DO NOT USE ANY GAMING SOFTWARE AT ALL. I HAVE MCAFFE RUNNING AS MY SECURITY PROGRAM, BUT WILL BE CHANGING TO AVG. I HAVE CHECKED ALL OF THE VIDEO SETTINGS, ADAPTERS, MONITOR SETUPS, ETC. EVERYTHING IS SET TO THEIR DEFAULT SETTINGS AND THESE SETTINGS WERE IN PLACE WHEN EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE, THAT WAS JUST THIS SEPTEMBER. SOMETIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOW THIS PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING, WHICH IS WHY THIS BUSINESS ABOUT PROCESSES CONFUSES ME, AS THEY HAVE BEEN THERE WHENT HE SYSTEM WORKED FINE I HAVE NOT ADDED ANY NEW PROGRAMS TO TH LAP TOP SINCE I PUT NERO IN LAST DECEMBER 2006. WOULD UPDATING TO THE VERSION EIGHT HELP? I SEE IT IS FOR WINDOWS VISTA, BUT I RUN XP AND HAV NO DESIRE TO USE VISTA EVEN THOUGH THE LAP TOP IS CAPABLE OF RUNNING IT. I WILL NEED TO TO ACCESS THIS BOARD FROM MY LAP TOP TO PROVIDE THE SYSTEM DETALS TO YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE, DEBBIE