Roxio 2011. The Home screen was too big to fit on the monitor. I checked that the display was set to 96dpi and 1024 x 768 and now it is smaller and could fit, but the Home screen is high and to the left and not all the controls are visible. I can only close Roxio using the Task Manager. All the screens display too high and too for to the left. Using Windows XP SP3. Very disappointed

Lebanon Raingam

• 4737 Answers
• Posted on Nov 30, 2010

SOURCE: Creator 2010 crashes when first

This program needs some specific System Configuration, I hope you've all the minimum listed below:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™ (32- or 64-bit), SP1 is required, Windows® XP SP3 (32- or 64-bit), Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate (32-or 64-bit).
• For data burning and copy, audio capture and editing: Intel® 1.6 GHz Pentium 4 processor or AMD equivalent, 512 MB RAM for Windows XP and 1GB RAM for Windows Vista and Windows 7. For video editing and conversion and DVD playback: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz processor or AMD equivalent and 1GB RAM. Multi-core processor with at least 2GB RAM recommended.
• 1024x768 DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with at least 16-bit color setting, sound card, DVD-ROM drive.
• ATI Stream® and Cuda™ acceleration only available with AMD ATI Stream or nVidia® Cuda enabled graphic cards.
• Hard drive with at least 3 GB free space for the installation process. DVD and BD copy, video editing and authoring may require large amount of free disk space, up to several 10's of GB.
• Windows Media Player version 10, 11 or 12.
• Internet Explorer 7 or 8.
• Internet connection required for registration, product updates, and some features. Any Internet charges are the user's responsibility.
• QuickTime® player version 7.6 for some functionality.
• TiVo® requires a TiVo® Series2™, Series3™, TiVo HD DVR or other TiVoToGo™ compatible DVR connected to your home network, and TiVo Desktop. Does not work with DirecTV® provided TiVo DVRs. See www.tivo.com for more information.
• iTunes® version 8 for some functionality.
• For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card (for use with DV camera) or Roxio Video Capture USB (for analog sources).
• Blu-ray authoring and playback require additional plug-ins which can be purchased at www.roxio.com.

SOURCE: recently bought & installed Roxio 2011 on

If you are getting the error at startup, roxio service might not started or disabled. What you can try to do is to enable all roxio service. refer to the steps below.
- click start > run - type services.msc - look for all roxio service i.e roxwatch.db - double click it then select the startup type to automatic - save the changes then restart computer

Cheers . . .

SOURCE: I had to replace my

1. Please be sure that you have met the system requirements of Creator.



2. Defragment your hard drive. This will allow larger files that you have created to be more easily read by the program and allow more efficient writing of data for video and audio capture to your hard drive. To do this:
   
   
   • Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter.
   • In the Disk Defragmenter window, select the drive (a.k.a. volume) you wish to defragment.
   • Note the Free Space column. If you have less than 10% free space available you may run into issues defragmenting. Additionally, the drive is too full to capture any new media to it. Doing so may result in the hard drive crashing and data loss. Unless more free space can be safely made, it is recommended that you purchase an additional hard drive just for your multi-media projects.
   • Click the Defragment button.
     
     NOTE: If frequently using your computer for recording and editing audio and video, defragmenting your hard drive on regular basis (about once a month) is recommended.
   
   
   
3. Contact your video card manufacturer for the latest video card drivers. If you purchased your computer as a complete system (like Dell or HP), then go to the manufacturer's website for the latest drivers.
   
   If you purchased your video card separately, then you will need to find out your make and model and go to the video card manufacturer's website to download.
• Windows XP: Go to My Computer and choose Properties.
• Windows 7 and Vista: Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager.
• Click on the Hardware tab.
• Select Device Manager
• Double-click Display Adapters. You're video card make and model is displayed.
• To find out the driver details (such as version), right click on the make and model under Display adapter, and select Properties.



4. If running Easy Media Creator for the first time, or it's been a while since you used it, RoxWatch will require a few minutes to index your hard drive for new audio, video, or photo files. This allows Media Manager to create a convenient list of all the files you can create projects with in a single window. Once the indexing is completed, Easy Media Creator will launch faster only looking for newer files. However, if you wish to disable this function, do the following:
   
   
   • Windows XP: Go to Start -> Run -> and then type "msconfig" and click OK.
     Windows 7 and Vista: Click on Start -> type "msconfig" in the Search field and press Enter on your keyboard.)
   • In the System Configuration Utility window, select the Startup tab.
   • Locate RoxWatchTray10 (or whichever version you are using) under the Startup Item column and uncheck it.
   • Click Apply and then OK.
   • Reboot your machine.
   • On reboot, you will receive a dialog from the System Configuration Utility. Check the box at the bottom of the window requesting not to see the dialog again and click OK.
   • Launch Creator.