I simply disable on-board audio in the BIOS
 

I installed Windows 10 and gave it an honest evaluation. Right back to Win 7!
 
I guess when everything stops working with Win 7 and users are forced onto 10 or whatever crap they come up with next I'll become a Mac user... And that will really irritate me!!

Bflat5... really?  I've followed win10 a bit and microsoft is paying particular attention to a raft of "audio" issues; has active artists/musicians assigned to this area and recognizes the need to really embrace our sector (everyone else is leaving the platform for pads/chromebooks!)... 
 
while I haven't transitioned yet due to some system issues, (I tried) I don't get the hate... or the humor maybe???

Simply dis-abling the audio device is not enough to get the latency down. Dis-abling the HD controller takes the internal card and drivers off the system. The results are absolutely stunning as far as my experience. When you dis-able the controller it still stays on the list, just dis-abled. The drivers on the audio device list will disappear leaving no option but your interface on the list. The performance for me has been astounding! Craig Anderton turned us on to this fix back around Sonar 2 I believe. It was impressive in 3 but since jumping to windows 10, it is mind boggling how the whole computer seems to have awaken from a deep slumber. I won't say that it will work for everyone but it is simple enough to try and not have to muck around in the bios or registry.

If you upgrade a windows OS it will do stuff afterwards. Not always pleasant. Afterward you need to hunt around and see what has happened.

Generally best to do a clean install...then...

Sidroe
Simply dis-abling the audio device is not enough to get the latency down. Dis-abling the HD controller takes the internal card and drivers off the system. The results are absolutely stunning as far as my experience. When you dis-able the controller it still stays on the list, just dis-abled. The drivers on the audio device list will disappear leaving no option but your interface on the list. The performance for me has been astounding! Craig Anderton turned us on to this fix back around Sonar 2 I believe. It was impressive in 3 but since jumping to windows 10, it is mind boggling how the whole computer seems to have awaken from a deep slumber. I won't say that it will work for everyone but it is simple enough to try and not have to muck around in the bios or registry.

It is when done in the BIOS - the drivers don't even load as the device is not loaded at boot. Well at least, they shouldn't . I have always disabled on-board in the BIOS and had no issues ever...stretching back near 15 years!

Not all vendors have drivers that work. That is the risk of going to 10 from 7.

hockeyjx
Not all vendors have drivers that work. That is the risk of going to 10 from 7.

not really a risk... you can roll back...

Vastman
Bflat5... really?  I've followed win10 a bit and microsoft is paying particular attention to a raft of "audio" issues; has active artists/musicians assigned to this area and recognizes the need to really embrace our sector (everyone else is leaving the platform for pads/chromebooks!)... 
 
while I haven't transitioned yet due to some system issues, (I tried) I don't get the hate... or the humor maybe???

I installed it on my laptop that is well within the requirements for it. It took it forever to boot and ran at a snails pace once it finally did boot. I'm sure it will run faster on my other machines that have I7's and 32 gigs of RAM and better graphic cards, but there's one other thing I've been hearing that I really don't like - If it's true - and that is Microsoft has changed it terms to state they reserve the right to download your personal files.
 
Again, not sure if it's true or not, but since they are giving the OS away for free I'm sure they feel they have that right.

Hi
 
Is there a way to stop windows 10 taking over your control of everything when It feels like it.
 
Do you think It is best to wait until all the beta testers have done their bit????
 
 
ATB
John