So I've spent months saving for my amazing new gaming PC (parts list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9vKqHN) and it's been about two weeks since I put it all together and got it 'working'. Now I'm having a ridiculous number of issues with it and I need some advice to solve them.
My main issue is that I can't install any graphics card drivers, I've tried using both the online graphics card driver (from nvidia website) and using the installer that came with my motherboard and either way I just get a message saying "NVIDIA Installer Failed" which occurs whether I try to do a clean install or not.
There are loads of programs I can't install like NZXT CAM which throws up some message about cabinet files being corrupted every time and Geforce experiance.
Windows defender likes to flare up for no reason from time to time, hogging 100% of my cpu. Any attempt to go into the actual windows defender app gives me another bloody error so I can't even change the settings.
Opening windows programs like device manager and task scheduler gives me a bs error saying it's been 'blocked for my protection' and I really don't want to go though all the faff of enabling the administrator account every time I want to access one of these programs.
Some older games I've tried to install won't install the correct driectx and then doesn't work and skyrim used to crash every 5 mins or so (Which I did fix by installing it on my laptop and using a usb drive to stick it directly in my steam library). Not sure if this one is a PC issue or just being stupid.
For all of these problems, I've looked up solutions online and either no one seems to have these issues or the solutions don't work for me. Would it be worth doing a fresh install of windows? Or would that just make things worse? So far that's the only idea I've got for fixing all these. The computer does work (and does indeed play skyrim and overwatch at a solid 60fps without a graphics card driver supposedly) so none of these issues are the end of the world but combined they've become a real pain in the ass and I would really like them fixed.
Thanks for any help in advance
My main issue is that I can't install any graphics card drivers, I've tried using both the online graphics card driver (from nvidia website) and using the installer that came with my motherboard and either way I just get a message saying "NVIDIA Installer Failed" which occurs whether I try to do a clean install or not.
There are loads of programs I can't install like NZXT CAM which throws up some message about cabinet files being corrupted every time and Geforce experiance.
Windows defender likes to flare up for no reason from time to time, hogging 100% of my cpu. Any attempt to go into the actual windows defender app gives me another bloody error so I can't even change the settings.
Opening windows programs like device manager and task scheduler gives me a bs error saying it's been 'blocked for my protection' and I really don't want to go though all the faff of enabling the administrator account every time I want to access one of these programs.
Some older games I've tried to install won't install the correct driectx and then doesn't work and skyrim used to crash every 5 mins or so (Which I did fix by installing it on my laptop and using a usb drive to stick it directly in my steam library). Not sure if this one is a PC issue or just being stupid.
For all of these problems, I've looked up solutions online and either no one seems to have these issues or the solutions don't work for me. Would it be worth doing a fresh install of windows? Or would that just make things worse? So far that's the only idea I've got for fixing all these. The computer does work (and does indeed play skyrim and overwatch at a solid 60fps without a graphics card driver supposedly) so none of these issues are the end of the world but combined they've become a real pain in the ass and I would really like them fixed.
Thanks for any help in advance
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