Re: I am constantly getting a "Could not complete your request because of program error"  when trying to do some of the simplest tasks in PS.  I have updated it restarted etc.

OK.  So has PS always been this way or is this something new?

What "simple tasks" were you doing when it crashed?

Have you tried disabling 3rd party extensions & trashing Preferences yet?

See related link:

Photoshop CS5 Crashing

Nancy O.