Hi, Bas
Oh wow, that is very harsh advice, to start completely over with a total system re-install. That sounds like it would be very time consuming, it probably would take days to do that but I hope that after everything, your computer will be able to work as it should! Aw, I know, it is a lot of anger and frustration to deal with computer issues like these, but maybe after the system is completely re-installed, everything will work right. I hope that it does. When I talked to the local computer shop here, they said that if after what they did with the overnight tests and stress-test on my computer, that if the computer still didn't work right, they could either re-install Windows 8 or else install Windows 7 XP on the computer, but the one thing I was worried about is if things go obsolete for Windows 7 eventually, then you'd be stuck going to Windows 8 anyways...computers I swear lol. They're great when they work good, but when they don't, it can be a nightmare.
That's exactly what it seems like, Windows 8 itself seems to be okay, but if you install a certain program which needs a certain something to work right, then things go wrong. XP was such a great computer operating system. Everything worked great on it, no trouble with anything, but Windows 8 and even Windows 10 I've heard people complain about constantly. I never heard anyone say "Upgrade to Windows 8, it's amazing!" They all said "Don't do it!" lol! In your first paragraph, I also read that you also use Cubase too? It's a great recording program, but I was reading online a little while back that apparently Cubase has problems running on Windows 10 for some reason, so whatever you do...don't upgrade to 10 yet if you're using Cubase lol! When I was having all my Windows 8 trouble, I was going to upgrade to 10 hoping that would help the compatibility issues, then I read that and was happy that I took the time to visit the Steinberg site and save even more trouble lol. With all the problems with Windows 8 getting to run right, it'd be terrible to upgrade to 10 and have those same problems all over again and possibly even worse. I hope that after you go through all of this re-installing process, that you'll be able to join the clan of Computer Users Happily Recording Music with WIndows 8 too!
I wish you the best of luck, Bas, and hope it works for you!! I've got my fingers crossed again for you!