Runtime Error start-up problem

I'm running Win XP Media Center Ed2005, with XP3, allowing all updates.

For the last 2 days, when starting up or restarting, I get this error
message window:

Top Bar: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
X in a circle
C:\Program Files\DISC\DISCover.exe
The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

So I went to C:\Program Files\DISC\DISCover.exe
and when I hit on it...I get the same window, same message.

1. what does DISCover do?
2. If I don't use it for games, can I uninstall DISC?

What now?

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.

not sure what that program does.

but whatever it should be doing
is not happening.

hence the message citing an error
with running it.

so it would be safe to say that if
the computer is functioning ok
without it,

then you can do some tuning up
to avoid the error message.

the message is likely being generated
from the startup sequence for windows.

so click on startrunmsconfig.

then under the startup tab uncheck
any line that references that file name
you mentioned.

if you are not sure, then uncheck
everything and jot down which ones
they were on paper.

now go to the services tabe, "hide"
all microsoft services.

then what remains, uncheck those
as well.

jot them too if you want.

now reboot.

if all goes as planned, you should have
successfully disabled a startup or service
that was targeting that file you mentioned.

-----------------
in regards to all the line items that you
disabled / unchecked;

you can review them carefully to see
which are vital to run at startup times.

many programs add junk to the startup
sequence which can cause your pc to
perform poorly.

if you have any doubts, you can list the
on your reply and we can let you know
which are ok to start up with the system
and which can be canned.

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"Sylvia M" wrote in message
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I'm running Win XP Media Center Ed2005, with XP3, allowing all updates.

For the last 2 days, when starting up or restarting, I get this error
message window:

Top Bar: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
X in a circle
C:\Program Files\DISC\DISCover.exe
The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

So I went to C:\Program Files\DISC\DISCover.exe
and when I hit on it...I get the same window, same message.

1. what does DISCover do?
2. If I don't use it for games, can I uninstall DISC?

What now?

T.I.A.

Sylvia M.