The overclocking could be the main reason why you're just getting black images.
When I put my gpus clock to regular it worked normally.
I don't black images anymore. All I get is the list of errors attached in my earlier message.
Any ideas how to solve this problem? Is there a user manual for Soft Diffusion?
Sound like the tool is not allowed to create the config file. did you put it into "programs (x86)"? Try moving it to a temporary folder on your harddrive and see if it still happens