Is the DAW ASIO holding the driver so windows can't use it to play the demo wma's ?

you can use Voicemeeter Banana,
set windows to use hardware input 1 or 2
set your audio app to use MME input 1 or 2
or ASIO VoiceMeeter ASIO or Voicemeeter ASIO AUX
set the hardware output to your hardware audio device/s
you can download them all from the VoiceMeeter website,
or you can put a lead from the line out of you onboard audio to a line in on your external audio device and set windows to the onboard device.