I came home from out of town and my studio PC had a big blue Welcome to Windows 10 screen.  There was not way to back out of it. First of all, is that normal?
 
The issue is that I now have NO AUDIO.  All audio runs through my VS-700 interface.  I have no idea how Sweetwater set that up years ago, or where to go to fix it.  But I have no audio, even when trying to play an MP3.
 
What should I do? (I kept declining the offers to upgrade to W10 because I thought it would screw up my studio..)
 
 

More info: I went into the VS-700 IO Editor to see if I could see how to set things up.  I just got a message that said that there may be a connection problem.
 
I'd be OK with going back to how things were before if I could.

the VS700 is not supported in windows 10.
your going to have to try and find a way to roll back.
I will let some other VS700 users chime in because there might be a hitch.
someway to get around it, but I don't think there is.
 
 
see this
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Bye-Bye-VS700-Console-with-Windows-10-m3275075.aspx
you might be able to use Mackie protocol but I think that's only for the surface, not the IO unti itself.
but I could be wrong.

You should have 30 days to revert back from Windows 10 if that is what you want to do.
 
"To access this, open the Start menu and select Settings. Click the “Update & security” icon and select “Recovery.” You should see a “Go back to Windows 7” or “Go back to Windows 8.1” option. Click the Get started button to get rid of your Windows 10 install and restore your previous Windows install."

I know you don't want to see this but I just had too 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3275889

While not supported, here is a thread about using old drivers on Win10 http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3206046

Here's an article about people getting a surprise upgrade to Win10:
 
http://www.infoworld.com/...-without-their-ok.html

konradh
I came home from out of town and my studio PC had a big blue Welcome to Windows 10 screen.  There was not way to back out of it. First of all, is that normal?
 
The issue is that I now have NO AUDIO.  All audio runs through my VS-700 interface.  I have no idea how Sweetwater set that up years ago, or where to go to fix it.  But I have no audio, even when trying to play an MP3.
 
What should I do? (I kept declining the offers to upgrade to W10 because I thought it would screw up my studio..) 

that's why I had uninstalled and blocked that one particular win7 update that constantly reminds you of installing win10.
 
meanwhile I have read quite a few positive posts from users that managed to get the VS-700 up and running in win10 (see links mentioned above) that I consider giving an update a chance (when I can effort to spend hours messing with the system update and check everything).
 
anyway, since win10 is on your DAW now, you might as well give it a try and see if you can get the VS-700 up and running and stick with it - if not there should still be the rollback option

Thanks, everyone.  I was able to roll back and I do have audio again.
 
Until I am positive I can get things working on Win 10, how do I block another forced upgrade?
 

You can go off line.  I have a dual boot, Win 10 and Win 7.  Win 10 is my "operational" OS but I keep Win 7 for one specific application (transfer patterns to my wife's embroidery machine) that will only run on Win 7 or earlier.  I have the NIC (Ethernet controller) disabled in Win 7 so I'm not on line and thus won't get any Windows updates that could force a Win 10 upgrade.