So yeah, as the title says. I finally upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 like a few days ago since I kept on getting that blue screen pop-up telling me that Win 7 is not being updated and all that constantly.
Here is the problem I have or problems... After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (I didn't have to buy a new CD-key for it, I just used the upgrade from the Microsoft website so it was that free upgrade that was available for years and was still valid), I kept on getting errors while playing my games. I play mainly WoW and SWTOR. I would get crashes to desktops without any error messages, like the game would hang for like a few seconds or freeze for a few seconds and then it would just close the game and go to desktop without saying anything. This would happen while I am in-game for a while or even for a few minutes. It would just happen randomly. I also would get the error that the program has stopped working or responding so Windows is closing it and sending error report or something like that and then I would have relaunch the games every time. Another error that I got with playing both games at random times is the BSOD that would have a "
" at the top and then saying "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then you can restart. For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit
http://www.windows.com/stopcode. If you call a support person, give them this info: Stop code: SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION. What failed: Ntfs.sys." I have gotten this same BSOD many times while playing in-game in those two games at random times since I upgraded to Windows 10. I also would get freezes in-game, like the music would "hang" at one point and everything else would freeze and I can't alt-tab or ctrl-alt-delete or do anything. I would have to press the reset button on my computer case to restart.
I asked my older brother about these errors and I kept on getting this error while playing WoW with him (which was really annoying since he has very little time to play with me in the first place). He also works on debugging and solving stuff for computer software (He is a computer engineer basically) as his job. When I asked him about it, he told me to go to this link:
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-...set-windows-10. He told me to do the 1st option first (Keep my files) and try it after. Once I did that, I still kept getting the same errors that I mentioned above. Then I did the 2nd option (Remove everything) and it cleaned the drive and did a fresh install (I think, I am not sure though even though all my desktop icons and documents came back after I logged in). I haven't tried any of those two games yet but I have read that having old drivers or not having them updated 'causes these errors as well. The thing is that I don't know what drivers I need to upgrade. I know there's the video card driver I need to update even though I did windows update and it says that I am up-to-date now. I want to know basically what are the drivers I need to upgrade. What info would you guys need to find out what drivers I would need to upgrade?
Here are the computer specs that I know so far (please let me know if there is anything else you guys need to know):
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Installed RAM: 8.00 GB (7.89 usable)
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition: Windows 10 Home
Version: 2004
OS build: 19041.330
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Sound card: ASUS Xonar DGX
HDD: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
1st SSD: SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
2nd SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB