Originally Posted By: MountainSide
Something occurred to me while reading through this post. There is mention of checking the USB settings in Win 10. I always have these set to off i.e. Win can not shut these down as I have many hard synths running USB.

Well....come to find out that these have all been set back to allowing Win to shut them down after the latest update! Jeff


Welcome to user-pestering Microsuck Windows 10 policies. Some tipsbelow, and get rid of the Home version.

I bought a Windows 10 LTSB version a while ago, alas abandoned after 1916. Doesn't have al that bloatware and 'automatic' so called features no one ever needs. The most stable Windows i ever had.

Now i am forced to use W10 pro again as Nvdia drivers don't work due Nvidia's installer.
There must be a way around that, but being fed up with this nerdery i made a fresh Windows 10 pro installation.

Also because a license i have for 10 Enterprise did not work anymore. This i had from 8.1 days as free update 'service'.
Called Microsuck, 1 hour on the phone and was told you cannot use this anymore. Thank you Microsuck.

IMO a must: let windows update work after a fresh install, then use at least 00shutup to get rid of a lot of bloatware.
Use Edge Block 1.5, AND Windows Update Switch, as Windows updates ruins your careful tuned settings regarding USB hub powermanagement and processor Power among things.

You cannot switch of Updates in windows, as it keeps turning it on.

There's more like those everlasting permissions issues. TakeOwnership is a registry entry tool you really need at least.

Switch off Windows defender in favor of a 3rd party anti virus, and Windows firewall too, and use Private firewall 7.0 instead,
quite tunable and user friendly.

Once up and running, about 4 hours work, make a backup with True image etc, in case if things go wrong.
Creating Restore points along the way can be useful.

If there are security updates you can always install them manually. Watch out what Windows Defender etc does after that.


For Jeff: I had USB isues with external RME hardware. Bought an expensive Sonnet 4 controller PCIe card, for separating USB hardware. That solved my occasional audio stuttering.