Can't figure it out, Bob? Let me 'splain it to you. I have SO FAR spent $450 on perfectly good audio/MIDI interfaces which have been rendered obsolete by Microsoft. If you tell me how that can be "easily overcome," I will be eternally grateful. Right now I have a PreSonus AudioBox USB which runs nicely on my two Win 7 machines.
......................I have never liked Microsoft. I DESPISE Windows 10.
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I hear you. When I upgraded from XP to Win 7 I lost about $500 in peripherals that did not have drivers for Win 7. I told myself that would never happen again. I didn't upgrade to Win 10 until all of my new peripherals had drivers for it.
I then adjusted my music computer to never upgrade. That is not a problem because that computer is only online when I upgrade certain software. But before I go online I make an image of my C:/ drive so if something goes wrong I can return to a working computer.
The latest Win 10 upgrade took out one of my wife's favorite games. She is not a happy camper and since I have to keep things running for her I am not a happy camper. If MS keeps making programs outdated via upgrades I believe there will be a run to Linux. YMMV