eph221
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.

This is a great recommendation for Windows 7, not as useful for 8, 8.1 or 10.  It runs and the readings are relatively correct but are too high by a thousand.  They know it and still haven't released an update.
 
A good alternative, also free, is Latency Monitor.
 

Only use the free Latency Mon on Win 10.  It has been updated for Win 10. 
 
I have been using Win 10 for a long time as I'm in the "insider program" which gets me pre-release versions. I haven't had any problems and even have lower, reliable, latency settings with my Roland Octa-Capture (and Studio-Capture) than I could use with Win 7 or Win 8/8.1.   
 
With Win 7 and 8/8.1 I could use the 6 ms latency setting.  With Win 10 I can use the 4 ms latency setting.

Eph:
Once again, some great suggestions!  Many thanks to you and all the other as well. 
 
You guys are GREAT!!!

Yeah, win10 is the bees knees for me as well.

Remove video card drivers and let the video card run on stock MS drivers.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/windows-10-doesnt-offer-much-privacy-by-default-heres-how-to-fix-it/
 
 
http://www.infopackets.co...le-windows-10-tracking
 
Whenever I wrote an email or an article, I found the cursor would lag, which signaled to me that my data input was being recorded. I should mention that data input in Windows 10 is recorded for various reasons - one of them being to make Cortana useful. Since I don't use Cortana and because I hate a laggy cursor, I decided to do a bit more research to see if I could find a program that could disable Windows 10 tracking and have the ability to undo the changes if necessary.
 

Hi Guys:
 
For what it's worth I had a project I had to get finished so I reverted back to Windows 7 for the time being (if you don't know, after you update from an older OS to W10 you have a month to revert back).  I'm sure down the road I'll try W10 again. 
 
Sincere thanks to EVERYONE who tried to help me.  I appreciate you all!!

kitekrazy1
Remove video card drivers and let the video card run on stock MS drivers.

Allow me to contradict sorry. I've done multiple windows 10 installs and the stock drivers are pretty crappy. Most were rushed out for win10. Update to the latest from AMD's or Nvidias site (or whatever it is). Make sure you do clean custom installs, and just install the driver itself.

Doktor Avalanche

kitekrazy1
Remove video card drivers and let the video card run on stock MS drivers.

Allow me to contradict sorry. I've done multiple windows 10 installs and the stock drivers are pretty crappy. Most were rushed out for win10. Update to the latest from AMD's or Nvidias site (or whatever it is). Make sure you do clean custom installs, and just install the driver itself.

YMMV

I had an issue (prob posted on here, Win 10) where I noticed pops and clicks on my renders.  THEN upon closer listening, they did not occur at the same point in the recording... I looked at the waveform in detail, put markers on a track when I heard a noise, tried different players and concluded that my system was causing it in random places. Still working on it but now that I know it is not my recordings, I can live with it.   Focusrite has a list on their site about reducing artifacts and playback noise.

I was getting all sorts of clicks stutters and drop outs until I started using Avast the rest I wouldn't use anymore. Since Avast (ain't virus) my computer is running how I like it to run.