[GetBent]

I posted this in the Windows 8 thread, but I figure I'll post it here too.

I recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and now most of my games are crashing right after launch. Here are a few crash logs from some games that are crashing.

Chivalry:

Faulting application name: UDK.exe, version: 1.0.10246.0, time stamp: 0x5085a54e
Faulting module name: d3d9.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x5010a8f5
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00007823
Faulting process id: 0x1580
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdb79556f192a9
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win32\UDK.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d9.dll
Report Id: 95af57bd-2388-11e2-be6b-e0cb4ed759c8
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

FIFA 13

Faulting application name: fifa13.exe, version: 1.4.0.0, time stamp: 0x02b15040
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x04468988
Faulting process id: 0x15e0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdb79673f2c4db
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\FIFA 13\Game\fifa13.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: b385941d-2389-11e2-be6b-e0cb4ed759c8
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Skyrim

Faulting application name: TESV.exe, version: 1.7.7.0, time stamp: 0x4feb471e
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x01fea5d8
Faulting process id: 0x390
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdb7966833cbc8
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\TESV.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: a739e73d-2389-11e2-be6b-e0cb4ed759c8
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

However, games like World of Warcraft, Max Payne 3 and Natural Selection 2 aren't crashing.

Any ideas? I've tried reinstalling the games as well as reinstalling my graphics drivers and directx, but none of that helped.

Edited:

I don't know what the hell happened, but suddenly my games all work.

I've changed nothing about my settings or anything. Miraculously every single game launches with no problems at all.

It boggles the mind.

Edited:

Scratch that, restarting the computer brings the crashes right back.

[GetBent]

Well I fixed it. But I had to do it the way I really didn't want to. Reformatted and reinstalled Windows 8.

Works fine now, but it was a hassle.

At least my computer is running faster and I have 900+ GB of free space now right?