Hey guys:
Just upgraded to Windows 10 and all of a sudden I'm getting pops a plenty with projects that ran fine under Windows 7.  So far I've:
1. Updated my Roland Quad Capture drivers.
2. Disabled McAfee anti-virus.
3. Disabled onboard sound cards.
4. I would disable wifi but can't figure out how to.  Ditto with Windows Defender.
 
Anything else I might try?
 
Thanks!

Hey Jude!
 
1. I just wrestled with this.  Try going through your projects and silencing various soft synths (if that's what you're using and that's what's popping).  My problem was KONTAKT.  Not sure the reason for this cuz I'm not much of a computer whiz.
 
2. Of course check your buffers.  Experiment with settings under preferences in Sonar and the settings on your asio panel.  Win 10 was  supposed to streamline audio handling so it was  an improvement, not a step back updating to win 10.
 
3.  The easiest way to see problems is to get dpc latency checker http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
See what's causing the page faults and that's your problem.
 
 

Eph:
 
Thanks for the fast reply.  I'll definitely check on Kontakt since it's on almost every project.
 
Again, many thanks!

No I think it is because WIn 10 is updating a lot of stuff in the background.
Just be patient. Nothing else, WIn 10 is faster and has lower latency than previously.
dan

Dan Le thats a very insightful point. It may fully account for the poor performance the OP is seeing.  

Try and get that wi-fi shut down as it's a known trouble maker. Leave windows defender alone. Many people are using it and have found no issues. Also remember that the upgrade to win 10 will change lots of services in the background and won't necessarily honour the preferences you used to have. It turned on many things that I had turned off such as the onboard audio and audio drivers related to the video card I have.

Info on buffer setting is missing. 

You guys are all making excellent points.  I'll leave my computer on for a few days and let Windows do it's thing as well as check and see if any new processes are running.
 
kitekrazy1: good question.  Buffer is set at 2048 samples/42.7 msec.  It's the max my drivers will go.
 
Thanks to every one of you!!

jude77
You guys are all making excellent points.  I'll leave my computer on for a few days and let Windows do it's thing as well as check and see if any new processes are running.
 
kitekrazy1: good question.  Buffer is set at 2048 samples/42.7 msec.  It's the max my drivers will go.
 
Thanks to every one of you!!

 I've bad experiences having them set too high. Best solution is to revert back to W7 if possible.  I haven't come across high end users claim W10 is better.  I have it on a legacy system and really haven't play with any of the DAWs on it.  I'm afraid to have my new builds run W10.

Hey Jude,
 
Go here:  http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/solving-dpc-latency-issues/
 
if you have latency with usbport.sys (which I did) and you have a multi card reader attached (which I did) try disconnecting it.  It'll work! Also, I think new Win 10 installs automatically index your drives. Go to drive properties and turn indexing off.   Finally, turn Cortana off.