SOLVED Can't install anything since last Win 10 update

I have all the Win 10 updates and the Neutrino installed without problems. 
 
Trying Neutrino, on a bass track, a vocal track and a guitar track and moving the two controls from one end to the other I heard no differences.

Just got back home and my desktop seems to be doing better. I am actually defragging it now and that seems a relief.
I also installed Neutrino and will check it out in a bit.
 
So, maybe I'm good to go....
Michael

Thanks.
Things are working now. I am much more hopeful and do have an MS Support Reference # which I may follow up on depending on how things are or continue to work. I did set a restore point today and wonder if I had any earlier ones, since I have had System Restore on. I don't know how to check on that, yet.
 
Neutrino seems to be working and I have some other things to install, so we'll see.

This brings up the topic of posibly shutting down windows update once you have your DAW working perfectly. I unplug mine ( LAN) after I update Sonar.  My office computer has been totally messed up 3 times this summer.
It returns to the default preferences which I hate. I just spent 20 minutes last nigh re setting my preferances,, you shouldn't have to do that.   Our Laptop at work has lost the DVD drive and Lenovo support thinks the drive might have been un installed during an automatic update. I'll have to do a restore I guess. 

I had two desktops (one is gone) and a laptop.  Both are on Win 10 and no problems with updates or Sonar (or any other software or hardware).  I see some people with various problems on the Windows 10 forum   www.tenforums.com   but that is only a small number as the majority do not have problems.  I just worked a problem on there of a user with (DPC) latency problems and getting pops and clicks in audio.  As it turned out the PC (laptop) he upgraded was originally designed for Windows XP and had been upgraded to Win 7 and then Win 10 and a Win 10 incompatible Wi-Fi adapter.  Another "self inflicted" problem, the user should have installed a 32 bit OS but had Win 10 64 bit installed with only 4GB of RAM. 

Thanks to both of you!   I'll check out those links.
My desktop has the Windows 7 create image thingy. I don't have Acronis on the desktop, only the laptop and don't recall if you can use it on more than one PC.
Both my PC's use the WiFi, so I suppose I should check into that.
I had 222gb of stuff on C that didn't need to be there at all, so I moved all of it. Now I'm ready to try an image, though I do like the idea of a recovery drive. I have a 1Tb external drive, but don't want to give up what's on it, so I will have to do more research.
Michael
 

The Windows backup does not backup the entire hard drive.  Thus if you need to restore you must first manually install (I think Windows) and some other items, then restore what was backed up.
 
If you use a true backup program, such as Macrium or Acronis, you will be able to make a full hard drive backup (disc image).  Then if restore is needed, it restores everything. 
 
If you create a rescue disc with Acronis (or Macrium) you can use that on any PC to restore (booting and running from the rescure disc).

pentimentosound
 It would be a relief to create a rescue disc (or 2!), since we don't have one for Windows 10 and have 6 PCs between my wife and I(most started with 8.1 and downloaded 10)! I think her tablet is still Windows 7.
 

Macrium Reflect v6.1 has a WinPE Rescue Media Wizard, that can create a specific version of the WinPE media for each version of Windows (Win 7/8/8.1/10).  This media needs to be created for each PC locally.
 
If you lose your Windows operating system, you can start your PC using Macrium Reflect rescue media on CD,
DVD, or USB stick. This makes creating rescue media the first thing you need to do with Macrium Reflect. It contains a bootable, lightweight version of Windows and a full version of Macrium Reflect.

This lightweight version of Windows is called Windows Pre-installation Environment (also known as Windows PE or WinPE) and is provided by Microsoft. When you create rescue media, Macrium Reflect downloads Windows PE
automatically for you and writes it to your media. It downloads just those components you need to rescue your
system.

Windows PE and the rescue environment

Windows PE is a reduced version of Microsoft Windows that is designed to boot from CD, DVD or USB on a wide
range of hardware. When you run the rescue media wizard, Macrium Reflect automatically downloads the Windows
PE components from Microsoft and builds the rescue environment locally. The Macrium Windows PE rescue media
has the following features:

>Fixes for boot problems
>RAID support
>USB 3.0 support
>CD boot
>USB boot
>Boot menu
>Full version of Macrium Reflect
>Reduced download size compared with full Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) - 150 MB to 450 MB
(depending on PE version and 32- or 64-bit support)

Windows PE hardware support

The Macrium Rescue Environment needs to include support for your hardware such as USB ports, network
interfaces, and in particular for your storage device if for example you use RAID disks. The default Windows PE environment supports a good selection of hardware and you can add support for further devices.
 
For convenience or for automated restores to your system disk, you can add Windows PE to a boot menu that's
displayed when your system first starts. Although, do not rely upon this local copy as a rescue mechanism because it could be lost if you suffered hard disk failure or corruption leaving you without a method for rescuing your system.
 
 

fireberd
I have Macrium Reflect.  I can create a WinPE "rescue" disc with a CD-R.  Not sure how big the current version of Acronis True Image needs to be. 

I think I saw "up to 450MB" for Macrium, so yep, that should cover it. I saw a post in the Acronis forum that said 766MB required, and would not load on a 800MB CD-R, so DVD-R or USB may be required. https://forum.acronis.com/forum/72032
 
I saw a 3-pack of 16GB USB thumb drives in the store the other day for $15.  I think that's the way to go these days, but you won't really need all 16GB LOL!
 
EDIT: Some hoop jumping required to create WinPE in Acronis.
 
It seems that Acronis recommends their own rescue media "for most users", but also says:
 
WinPE-based media with Acronis plug-in
 
Running Acronis True Image in the preinstallation environment may provide better compatibility with your computer’s hardware because the preinstallation environment uses Windows drivers.
We recommend that you create this type of media, when Acronis bootable rescue media did not help you boot your computer.

To use this option, you need one the following components to be installed:
>Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK).
This component is required for creating WinPE 3.0.
>Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK).
This component is required for creating WinPE 4.0, WinPE 5.0, and WinPE 10.0.
 
 

You are referring to the free V6 version? Yes?