okay well I recently tried installing a grphics card, and I had to restore my computer coz my windows wasn't loading so I lost all my old files and stuff well now when I try using my dvd drive it says 'create overlay failed'. I tihnk I need to install something like windvd but I can't find the disc anywhere, and when I trierd downloading a trial versio of windvd just for a bit so I can use it but I still get the message. what's wrong? please help.

Did you re-install the card?

Did you do a clean install of xp; a repair; or just a system restore?

Does everything else work ok?

'create overlay failed'

I tried re-installing it, but I got the same results
I used a system restore disk to get my computer working
and everything else is working fine.

I get another message when I try to use the dvd player it says
'unable to connect subpicture renderer'

'unable to connect subpicture renderer'

These messages occur when problems related to Microsoft DirectX runtime occur. In most cases, re-installing DirectX will eliminate these messages.

For more information on DirectX, please visit www.microsoft.com/directx.

NVDVD Troubleshooting

I still get that message 'unable to connect subpicture renderer'

what are the specs of the DVD drive? (make; model; etc.)

what are the specs of the Graphics card?

does your XP wizard come up when you try to use the drive or are you under a third party program?