Windows 10: AMD bugs and glitches break OS

I swear my computers have both just decided to completely fall apart in the past two weeks, and I'm getting tired of it.

So I started getting that wonderful "hardware settings have changed, restart for changes to take effect" popup message for no reason, which I read has to do with AMD graphics software being utter crap all of a sudden. I read that the fix was to uninstall all AMD software and install an older version of the driver, which I did. The message persisted, as did the random graphical glitches such as my windows 10 display randomly blinking, or the fun event of today, the os simply freezing and refusing to refresh, where I had to hard reset. I don't know how to fix this so it doesn't happen again.

It's the same laptop as this thread. Do I need to post the usual info in the OP of this thread? Will it make a difference?

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WINDOWS UPGRADE

Hi, I'm thinking of reserving the free upgrade of Windows 10. However, I'm still hesitant cos' of some questions:

1.) What will happen on July 29? Will the upgrade be automatically initiated, or after downloading stuff, we still have the option to upgrade the OS whenever we want to?

2.) We all know that bugs and glitches are inevitable especially on newly-unveiled software. (Considering that I had not installed the OS)What if the software had bugs and glitches(let's say from technology website reviews, etc.), what will happen? Will we
automatically receive windows 10 updates for bug fixes even though we still hadn't installed the OS, but we had the software for installation?

 

Nokia N91

The bugs are all over the place not just with the network specific apps. The s60 OS is riddled with problems and glitches. Would say the problems which cause severe phone failure are the network specific ones, the general s60 bugs are less dramatic but
still very annoying.

Dan

 

Yikes !!

First please confirm you have your data backed up, created a restore point and a recent Image of your system. I would also recommend you have bootable media should you get in trouble. I don't expect you will need any of this but better safe than sorry.

Next, I think you have to take control of driver updates if you haven't already. Very few if any need the latest and greatest drivers. So....

Windows + R keys
Enter Sysdm.cpl
Click on Hardware tab
Click on Device Installation Settings
Click on No
A menu appears (first time) click Never Install driver software.
You may get a warning. Click the option that says I’ll take care of it (not exact words)

The next step may not solve much but I'm beginning to believe it is also a periodic requirement, a complete shutdown of Windows by holding down the shift key and clicking shutdown. This starts a fresh copy of Windows.

Once up lets check your Update history and see if any updates are failing and if any drivers have been delivered in past three weeks. If updates are failing then

Type troubleshooting in the Cortana search bar, troubleshooting appears at top. Click it, window opens, lower right side "Fix problems with Windows Update", click. Window opens, click on “advance”, click on Run as administrator, click “Next”. Should run clean. If not run again.

Check your video driver again. It may be necessary to completely remove all traces of driver and then re-install. You will need tool.

Download Display Driver Uninstaller - MajorGeeks

Post back.

 

For the record, did you install APU Driver? Windows updates have tendency to install a problematic desktop driver .

 

Interesting. Just another reason to take control of drivers. Thanks for that information. Will be interesting to see what OP finds.

 

@ 5thman,

Did you get the video drivers direct from ASUS? As this is a laptop, and OEM drivers are provided by the manufacturer, this would be the preferred place to get your drivers from. OEM laptop manufacturers often modify the hardware used in their machines to optimize things like heat dissipation and performance. It often makes the AMD/ATI drivers (as well as Nvidia) behave erratically.

 

This is the only failed update since january, which failed twice:

Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3194798)

And yes, the laptop came with the AMD driver. I tried uninstalling it manually and replacing with an older build like another forum suggested, but I still get the glitches and error message sometimes. I currently dont have any AMD software installed according to control panel, but i'll try using the tool you linked and see if that makes a difference.

I also ran the troubleshooter and it found and fixed four problems. We'll see how that affects it now.

 

I cannot BELIEVE this. The display just went black. The screen only displays the mouse cursor; the rest of the screen is black and I can't see or interact with anything, and it doesn't change no matter how many times I hard reboot. This is days after trying the removal tool linked in the thread, and after still getting that same hardware error message.

What the hell is going on with this laptop? I have to use it for my work!

 

I had the same problem, I had to use system restore, run from USB.
You better disable auto-downloading drivers or this will keep happening.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...a.html#option2

 

Question, I'm not OP.
@TairikuOkami for my education I've been using the process I posted to Disable driver updates as it is quite reversible should someone have a change of mind and no downloads. (I used the downloads from forum and they are good, so not question that.)

The process in the tutorial actually alters the Registry, Is it doing something the GUI process I posted is not doing?

 

It is a different one, but it should be doing the same, but some people say it works, some it does not. maybe it depends, if it is Home/Pro. April update will give users the ability to actually change it via Windows Updates, finally.

 

- will the laptop boot into Safe Mode?

 

I can't do system restore. I don't have a restore point cos I guess I figured it's a display model, it might already be set up. And anyway all I see is black, so I can't do anything with it, nor can I go into safe mode, like I said.

I'm gonna try to hook it up to another monitor at school and see if it thinks there are two monitors. Maybe then I can just reset windows.

 

Does Ctrl-Alt-Del work ?