The problem is: every bootup in Windows, always the same series of error messages clog the Event Viewer. The messages point to the cause of the errors. They should be fixed.
First the logs. Then the breakdown, revealing the actual driver errors, in the following posts.
BREAKING DOWN in post #2
Breaking down into shortest in post #3
My Hardware / Software environment and method of installing Catalyst in last post
In Event Viewer > Windows Logs > System:
After each bootup 30 new (newly written, but always the same) AMD/ATI related logs are written within 8 seconds:
UVD Information, Event ID 62464, "amdkmdag".
These logs are identical and not very informative.
It's my guess that because of the series of errors (as reported in ACEEventLog) during booting up, the ATI driver stutters, during which it passes a threshold several times back and forth.
If this stuttering would not happen, only one amdkmdag UVD Information log would be written.
In Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > ACEEventLog:
After each bootup 45 new (newly written, but always the same) AMD/ATI related logs in a row are written within 24 seconds :
In their order of appearance:
- "RT_GC_N Error Called by: System.RuntimeMethodHandle::_InvokeConstructor processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)"
- "FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.943, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.943, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.943, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.943, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "_IDEMDeviceDFP2Settings_0812.GetDFP2ITCFlag failed with status 2 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "FAILED: ADL.ADL.ADL_DFP_AllowOnlyCETimings_Get Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Name of null object is [SAspect:MMVideo] Error Called by: System.RuntimeMethodHandle::_InvokeMethodFast processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)"
- "Exception <atixcode.dll>: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {981145A7-E08E-48F3-A1C4-52C28BCAAAF9} failed due to the following error: 80040154. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.TransCode.Graphics.Runtime.RT_TransCode::IsTranscodeAvailable processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.TransCode.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.990, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Validation: Caste [1] is null Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CCC.Implementation.CCC_Main::CCCNewThreadBegin processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CCC.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.971, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Validation: Caste [2] is null Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CCC.Implementation.CCC_Main::CCCNewThreadBegin processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Runtime) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CCC.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.971, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Failed to subscrive to HKCU;Software\wow6432node\ATI\ACE\Settings\AEM Error Called by: ATI.ACE.AEM.Plugin.Source.Kit.Server.REG.REG_Plugin::ListeningThreadRunner processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(AEM.Plugin.Source.Kit.Server, Version=3.5.4142.978, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception: No value exists with that name. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Setting::DeleteRegistryFromUser processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Branding\BrandingResources.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Error Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Implementation.Branding::.ctor processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Systemtray) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation.Implementation, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "_IDEMDeviceDFP2Settings_0812.GetDFP2ITCFlag failed with status 2 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "FAILED: ADL.ADL.ADL_DFP_AllowOnlyCETimings_Get Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "FAILED:ADL_Display_SLSGrid_Caps and return value is: -1 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime.RT_GraphicsAdapter_N::CheckSLSSupported processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Caste.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.943, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "_IDEMDeviceDFP2Settings_0812.GetDFP2ITCFlag failed with status 2 Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "FAILED: ADL.ADL.ADL_DFP_AllowOnlyCETimings_Get Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP::PrivateRefresh processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=3.5.4142.961, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception <Saving Xml Document>: Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\ATI\ACE\Profiles.xml' is denied. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.APM.Server.XmlDocumentSaver::SaverWorker processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(APM.Server, Version=3.5.4142.940, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception <Load>: Could not load file or assembly 'CLI.AIB.TutorialInfoCentre.Tutorial.Dashboard' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Services::LoadAssembly processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation, Version=3.5.4142.925, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"Could not find Type [ATI.ACE.CLI.AIB.TutorialInfoCentre.Tutorial.Dashboard.DB_TutorialInfoCentre] from [CLI.AIB.TutorialInfoCentre.Tutorial.Dashboard] in assembly [CLI.AIB.TutorialInfoCentre.Tutorial.Dashboard] Error Called by: ATI.ACE.LOG.Foundation.Services::LoadAssembly processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(LOG.Foundation, Version=3.5.4142.925, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Failed to retrieve Fuel shared caste Error Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Component.Client.Shared.Private.BaseComponent::Initialize processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Dashboard) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Component.Client.Shared.Private, Version=3.5.4142.946, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "Exception <UpdateJumpLists>: A valid active Window is needed to update the Taskbar Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.CLI.Component.Dashboard.DBFavouritesSectionVMController::LoadBookmarks processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Dashboard) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(CLI.Component.Dashboard, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"
- "None None Error Called by: System.RuntimeMethodHandle::_InvokeMethodFast processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Dashboard) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)"
- "None None Error Called by: System.RuntimeMethodHandle::_InvokeMethodFast processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Dashboard) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)"
- "None None Error Called by: System.RuntimeMethodHandle::_InvokeMethodFast processID:02944 threadID:(CCCThreadNew:Dashboard) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)"
- "Exception <Saving Xml Document>: Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\ATI\ACE\Profiles.xml' is denied. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.APM.Server.XmlDocumentSaver::SaverWorker processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(APM.Server, Version=3.5.4142.940, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e) "
- "Exception <Saving Xml Document>: Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\ATI\ACE\Profiles.xml' is denied. Exception Called by: ATI.ACE.APM.Server.XmlDocumentSaver::SaverWorker processID:02944 threadID:( ) domainName:(CCC.exe ) assemblyName:(APM.Server, Version=3.5.4142.940, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e)"