Three simultaneous but different bugs

duckmalloy

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I’ve recently upgraded to Windows 8 on my Dell Studio 1558, and in general, I love it. It’s faster, cleaner and I’m enjoying the new interface.

But often when I reboot my computer, or Windows updates, something gets corrupted across the system which results in several constant and different problems. I don’t understand how they are related, but they seem to occur simultaneously. I can solve each problem independently, but then they all go wrong again together, which is why I'm posting here.

Three problems:

1. My graphics cards settings get corrupted (if I try to adjust the brightness of the monitor, I get a blue screen error immediately. I can resolve the problem by disabling then reenabling the graphics card in the Device Manager.) I’m using the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, version 8.982.10.8000.

2. My libraries are disabled. (I don’t understand why, but when this happens my Documents, Pictures etc libraries are disassociated from their folders and so I get constant error messages. I can recreate the Libraries and relink them to their folders, and they work fine again until the system resets itself again.

3. My Blackberry no longer syncs or connects to the Internet. (I can resolve this by reinstalling the Blackberry Desktop Software, but it becomes disabled again once the system resets.)

And there's a fourth thing: something goes wrong with the Print Spooler. I haven’t quite understood the logic of this problem, it seems to work intermittently, so I’m not sure if it’s related to the first three. I’m using an HP Laserjet M1005. The scanner works fine, but sometimes it refuses to print documents.

What’s going on here? Is it a problem with drivers? Then why do the libraries reset? Can you help here? Would really appreciate any wisdom you guys can shed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio 1558
    CPU
    Intel Core i3 CPU
    Motherboard
    M350 @ 2.27GHz
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64/ Windows 7 Ult x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    76~2.0
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-Z77X UD3H f18
    Memory
    8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance CL8 1.5v
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X 1GB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Onboard VIA VT2021
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LCD Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samaung 840Pro 128GB, Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb, Seagate 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb,
    PSU
    Corsair HX650W
    Case
    Cooler Master Storm Scout
    Cooling
    Corsair H80 w/Noctua NF P12 12cm fan, case fans 2X14cm
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    CM Sentinel
    Internet Speed
    Abysmal
    Browser
    Opera Next
    Other Info
    Dell Venue 8Pro: Baytrail Z3740D, 2GB Ram, 64GB HDD, 8" IPS Display 1280 x 800, Active Stylus.
    Haswell laptop: HP Envy 17t-j, i7-4700MQ, GeForce 740M 2GB DDR3, 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080, 16GB RAM, Samsung 840 Pro 128GB, 1TB Hitachi 7200 HDD,
    Desktop: eSATA ports,
    External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
Hi Dave76, thanks for such a quick reply.

I tried what you said, ran the SFC three times - after the first it said it had cleared some bugs up, but nothing the second and third times. But, sadly, the problem is still occurring. Do I need to do a total reinstall of Windows?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio 1558
    CPU
    Intel Core i3 CPU
    Motherboard
    M350 @ 2.27GHz
    Memory
    4.00 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64/ Windows 7 Ult x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    76~2.0
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-Z77X UD3H f18
    Memory
    8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance CL8 1.5v
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X 1GB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Onboard VIA VT2021
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LCD Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samaung 840Pro 128GB, Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb, Seagate 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb,
    PSU
    Corsair HX650W
    Case
    Cooler Master Storm Scout
    Cooling
    Corsair H80 w/Noctua NF P12 12cm fan, case fans 2X14cm
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    CM Sentinel
    Internet Speed
    Abysmal
    Browser
    Opera Next
    Other Info
    Dell Venue 8Pro: Baytrail Z3740D, 2GB Ram, 64GB HDD, 8" IPS Display 1280 x 800, Active Stylus.
    Haswell laptop: HP Envy 17t-j, i7-4700MQ, GeForce 740M 2GB DDR3, 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080, 16GB RAM, Samsung 840 Pro 128GB, 1TB Hitachi 7200 HDD,
    Desktop: eSATA ports,
    External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
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