Make that two!

Well, I have some depressing news for you, which is that the v700 isn't even mentioned on the Roland Windows 10 driver page. And they do actually mention some devices that they're not doing updated drivers for. V700 hasn't even made the "we apologise" list. I think we might be out on our own on this one.
 
http://www.roland.com/support/support_news/250024

John T ... I haven't used the forum much ... does anyone at Cakewalk look at the forums and respond to things like this?  I know the 700 is a Roland product and all but still ....

Wow that's a horrible disappointment.  I really hope we can get the V700 working with the ini modification, then...
 
If anybody is brave enough, try editing the RDIF1089.inf file that comes with V 2.02 of the V700 drivers.  Find the [Manufacturer] section and change what's in bold here to match:
;---------------------------------------------------------------;
[Manufacturer]
%MfgName%=Roland,NTamd64.6.2,NTamd64.10
;[ControlFlags]
;ExcludeFromSelect=*
[Roland]
;; Windows7 - Windows XP 64
;; not supported
[Roland.NTamd64.10]
;; Windows8
%RDID0089DeviceDesc%=RDID0089Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_00FD ; VS-700
%RDID0090DeviceDesc%=RDID0090Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_00FE ; VS-700 M1
%RDID0091DeviceDesc%=RDID0091Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_00FF ; VS-700 M2
%RDID0089DeviceDesc2%=RDID0089Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_0100 ; VS-700
%RDID0091DeviceDesc2%=RDID0091Install, USB\VID_0582&PID_0101 ; VS-700 M2
[Roland.NTamd64.6.2]
;; not supported
;---------------------------------------------------------------;
 
Be sure to disable driver signing as previously discussed, or this won't work...
 
I'd try myself, but I don't have the good fortune of owning a VS - 700.
 
-Mack

I'm definitely going to give that a go, and I expect it will work, but I've just not got the time free for a few weeks. As I understand it, the actual driver model for W10 is exactly the same as in W8, so there's bound to be a way. But I just can't chance it til I get a day or two downtime.

Understandable, John - I wouldn't want to take the risk either, if I were in that situation.  I too, am optimistic that this will do the trick. 
 
I do look forward to hearing how it goes, when you get some downtime.
 
Cheers,
Mack

I'll post this here again from the email I was sent in June. HOpe nothing has changed.
 
 Roland Product Support (Roland Corporation U.S.)
Jun 12, 8:48 AM
Hi CJ,
We sent a request for updated drivers to our corporate Roland/ BOSS headquarters in Japan. At this time, they have not informed us regarding an updated driver. We hope to have this information soon after Windows 10 has its official Public Release and not just the Preview Release .
Sorry about that.
Kind regards,
Roland Product Support

Windows 8 drivers took many weeks to come out from Roland for VS100 and 700 last time around.

MacktheKnight - might give this another go along with John T...
Question about specific path on the how to hack this thing:
Are you hacking the .inf that you find in the windows system32 folder after the windows 10 installation or replacing the .inf in the system32 folder with a hacked version or are you uninstalling the old driver and running the installation with the modified .inf?
Thanx!

Would it be best to install the hack while in Windows 8.1 first before installing Win 10?