I purchased SONAR but I use bittorent all the time to download backups or other things or content and it's never give my SONAR any problems...I only have it running when I'm actually downloading something... -S

http://www.howtogeek.com/224471/how-to-prevent-windows-10-from-automatically-downloading-updates/

THANKS!

For the life of me I can't find that "Metered" option anywhere...it's not where they say it is... :(

Scroll down the good Doktor's link until you reach the para about changing the Group Policy.

Turning off "Metered" is for laptops using wifi. If you're not, or have a desktop then you'll want to change the Group Policy.

Cheers,
Jerry

I would just go on the slow ring myself,and make sure peer to peer updates are set to LAN only. Place the schedule to an appropriate time... Have a good backup strategy (acronis or something) and forget about it.

I've gone the good Doktor's route. I'm on the slow ring on Win 10 Pro and have disabled peer to peer updates. We'll see how it goes. Got an update last night.
 
My DAW is connected but I always have virus protection available. It isn't running while I'm in Sonar or at least not during rendering. The most innocuous things can have malware payloads. I downloaded CamStudio the other day and it had at least one malware embedded. 

YES SO MANY GOOD PROGRAMS HAVE SH*T ATTACHED TO THEM THESE DAYS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO UNCHECK THE RIGHT BOXES NOT TO INSTALL A TURD IN YOUR DIAMOND DAW... -SHAWN :0

Esp when you download and install dodgy ISO distributions of Windows off bittorrent which just happens to be running alongside your DAW ;)

Yes but I'm having 0 problems...SONAR is flying.

I'm no dummy when in comes to windows I've been programming in Machine Language since the Commodore 64 days. I do my research, a lot of it, because I also own a PC Repair business and I had an auto activating "Clean" copy of Windows 7 that I used for almost 5 years to fix my own and clients computers which came with service pack 1 and that was it. I turned off all updates, notifications, system restore & antivirus because it made the machines run better than when they were new again and it  still does. I just made the switch to ten about 5 days ago and am excited about the fact that Microsoft allowed "clean" .iso installs of Win 10 because I know that if I do ever get a virus  (or forced update I guess?), I have been able to be back up and running within hours with another clean install of Windows and all my programs with NO data loss and a peak running machine. Laugh if you want and wink if you will but I speak from years and years of my own and customers personal experiences. That is science and science has proven that if you stare directly into THE SUN for an extended period of time with your eyes wide open they will NOT burn out. Thank You! - Shawn Lee Farrell