Solved windows 8 crashed twice already

I have installed windows 8 64bit today and it has crashed twice already to the point I had to press the power button until it turned off.

the first time the screen just went blank (music was still playing) but I couldn't do anything.
about an hour after the above the screen went on again and came back on and got a message saying the GPU driver crashed and then recovered. so I upgraded the graphics driver to NVidia 326 driver.
the second time the music stopped and got a awful tone (continuously) and muse cursor wouldn't move.

it has been installed less than 6 hours.

I use NVidia GeForce gtx460 with NVidia 326 driver. connected to Samsung monitor via HDMI.

this has happened several times now and it is really annoying me now, it seems to happen when I'm browsing the internet

I would run a memory diagnostic. Also try some other video drivers if possible.

Vincenzo said:

I would run a memory diagnostic.

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what program can I use for this.

it shouldn't be that since I have been using Ubuntu and manjaro for ages and never had a crashing problem

Go to the Start Screen and type Memory, then click Settings.

terrygardener said:

Vincenzo said:

I would run a memory diagnostic.

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what program can I use for this.

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Vincenzo said:

Go to the Start Screen and type Memory, then click Settings.

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ran the memory test and no problems detected

Was it a clean installation or an upgrade? Upgrades are known to create problems.

Clean install from oem dvd

I would re-install Windows, and run it for a while without doing any updates or software installations at all to assess it. If there are problems, do just the video driver update. If there are no problems, skip the video update and do other updates, not too many at a time.

I like to do the .net updates separately if there are a lot of them.

Might not be a bad idea when you re-install to do a full format (not a Quick Format) of the partition so it checks the surface for errors.

I have downgraded the NVidia driver to 314 (whql) to see if this stops the hanging, but since doing so the multimedia keys on keyboard has stopped working and also remote control has stopped working also. any ideas why.

***EDIT*** I have changed the service file HID Access from manual to automatic and started it and now multimedia keys and remote control is working.

since downgrading to NVidia driver 314 it looks like it worked as I have not had a problem since. (touch wood)

not just me though http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-...-geforce-graphics-drivers-windows-8-a-16.html