konradh
Until I am positive I can get things working on Win 10, how do I block another forced upgrade?
 

Switch to Linux?

konradh
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?

From what you describe, you don't currently have a backup image file of the current OS install.
That would be one of the first things I'd do...
You always have a means of quickly/easily getting back to a properly functioning DAW.
 
Once you've got your backup image file, there's no worry about installing Win10.
You can get Win10 to work (just going to take a little extra time/effort for the VS-700).
If you get into a bind, you can always reload your backup image file.

If you don't have your original install disc, you can download it here:
 
https://www.microsoft.com...ware-download/windows7

This also happened to me the other day. I was playing a game and Windows kept minimizing the game. I didn't pay any attention what was going on in the background. I was just pissed that it kept happening. Anyways, when I went to shut down I noticed Windows 10 had been downloaded and the computer was waiting to restart to start installing. I was like WTF. I think what I did was not agreeing to the terms and it rolled back whatever it had done in the background and said Windows 10 failed to install. I'm like thanks!

konradh
...how do I block another forced upgrade?

I use a little program called "GWX Control Panel".  It's free and seems to work well for me.  There are some Youtube videos out there so you can see how it works.  Here's one example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itdMq-H4MbM
 
And the program can be downloaded here:
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
 
Edit: sorry... the links I posted didn't show up.  I must be doing something wrong (I just copied and pasted them).  I any case, it's fairly easy to find.
 
Edit #2: Links showed up this time.

So far what I've seen of Windows 10 it looks pretty nice. But there is a part of me that thinks nothing is free. I thought I recently saw that one of the new features in Windows 10 update is to add more start screen widgets or whatever they are called that advertise App Store programs. We are so over run with advertisements now days. The Internet has become swamped with ads. Cable tv is nothing but ads. If rather pay up front and not have to deal with that stuff inside the OS.

I tried the GWX Control Panel utility but the Win 10 KB still kept coming back.  I could run the GWX Control Panel utility and get rid of it again, but its not a "permanent" fix. 
 

Windows 10 will eventually become a rolling subscription that you will have to pay for. I'm running 7 until the very last day 7 works.

fireberd
I tried the GWX Control Panel utility but the Win 10 KB still kept coming back.  I could run the GWX Control Panel utility and get rid of it again, but its not a "permanent" fix. 
 

What I like about it is that, at least for me, any updates that have to do with Windows 10 (after running the program) show up in the "optional updates" section, and are not automatically selected.  Before using GWX Control Panel, it was a real PITA having to go through all the critical updates to see what was associated with W10 (telemetry, ect..).  I think the list may have grown to about 20 or more KB's at this point (not 100% sure though).  Will it work permanently, and do I actually need it to work permanently?  I don't know that for sure.  But it sure is making my life easier now.

Thanks for this thread. After reading it I checked my system and found 4 failed attempts at installing Win10 way back in August. Fortunately I had turned off Automatic Updates some time ago but now I'm gonna keep a closer eye on things.