Unable to open audio record device

Note, this happens when I press the transport PLAY button.  However, some projects play fine, others don't.

You don't say what your interface is or what driver mode, But this issue is very commong when other audio drivers exist on a computer and the "good" driver gets kicked out becuase the "other" driver is trying to rule the roost. 
Asio4all is one of them. On new machines your HDMI audio driver often needs to be disabled. 
Then even the simple on board audio drivers can cause this to happen but this is uncommon.
The other nasty driver is anything by Creative labs ( sound blaster) 
 
The other cause can be using the wrong USB port. 
Changing ports used to install the driver should be avoided
Using USB 3 ports ( blue) often cause issues. 
Disable USB suspend in Power settings advanced. 
 

Yes Windows 10 updates have not been kind to people around here lately. 
If there was one thing that would make life better with windows 10, it's the return of the old choices you had before so we could " Let Windows tell you when there are updates available but let you choose when to download and install"  
Or at least a pop up balloon to warn that your computer is updating and why it's screwing up. Or reboot without warning when your in the middle of a 12 GB download...