Once you get it set to how you like it and its running great, leave it alone and don't update for awhile and you won't get as many problems with catalyst in general.
I just updated a few days ago just to view some new feature? My version was 8.812
(From September Last Year) the new version is 8.951 I didn't have one issue throughout that period, so you don't have to update just because there's an update to be had.
so I guess the old saying goes... If it isn't broken don't fix it
P.S Oh and I don't have any issues with the new version either.