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I updated to the latest 16.6.1 Hotfix driver and had several Event ID 16388 ATI EEU Client Events at boot. It also took a few more seconds for the login screen to appear and Photoshop decided to disable use of the GPU. I note the last Hotfix is not WHQL certified. I've gone back to the...

I updated to the 16.6.1 hotfix from the WHQL Crimson 16.1 drivers I installed in January. I had several Event ID 16388 ATI EEU Client Events at boot. It also took a few more seconds for the login screen to appear. Photoshop also found an error with the AMD driver and wouldn't use the GPU. I note...

I can't find any definite information even from MS Support whether my Lumia 520 will be upgradeable to Windows 10 mobile. This is a very common Windows phone and I'll be very disappointed if it isn't upgradeable.

Yes, Acronis software engineering is poor

You might have a better experience with Macrium Reflect:) You could also try creating a custom refresh image.

I had that pesky update again and had to hide it again. I also have GWX as a second line of defence.

I used Acronis True Image a while ago and uninstalled it. I now use Macrium Reflect which is fine. I was annoyed to find that uninstallation of the Acronis software lett behind some low level disk drivers which were very hard to remove - see my thread at...

Barclays Bank in the UK provide a 'free' license to use Kaspersky Internet Security when you bank with them. Their security team advised they have no security concerns about their customers using Kaspersky Internet Security. Do we trust the bank's advice and is there any firm evidence Kaspersky...

It seems people are having problems running the new v2.2 of the Apple Software Update program. Due to Apple's brilliant software engineering you now can't connect to Apple's server and therefore never update any Apple software again! I proposed an unofficial fix at Post 3 at Apple Software...

I'm definitely using the VIA USB 3.0 ports on the rear panel and I'm using the USB 3.0 cable supplies with the Seagate Expansion drive.

I have a Seagate 2TB external USB 3.0 hard drive, Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard and Windows 8.1 x64. I believe all drivers are up to date. I get a good read/write speed c. 115MB/sec when connecting the Seagate disk to an Intel USB 3.0 port on my PC front panel but I only get a read/write...

Kaspersky anti-virus gets good test reports. The company is Russian with an HQ in Moscow. I see very little comment on Kaspersky's ownership.

I keep having the same problem every few days - see http://www.eightforums.com/windows-updates-activation/73744-error-80244019-windows-could-not-search-new-updates.html Is there a problem with Micosoft's update servers or our PCs?

Perhaps select the Repair option for Quicktime or uninstall/reinstall it?

Refeshing your PC will require you to reinstall your programs which can be avoided by doing the repair install. See http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html In your original post, I just spotted you tried a clean install and you said that didn't fix the problem - is...