Well it was horrible nonetheless. On my DAW pc, here is what all updates do:
First the download, without warning, I can do nothing on my pc, not even open up a browser or CP. so I stop everything.
Eventually, I attempt restart. This can take a long time, hours. Last night for the first time I did get a notification that windows will update in 15 minutes. It does so by restarting.
During the restart last night, I got a windows is updating message on an orange screen. This eventually went to black which is common. Just nothing. I leave it alone.
This morning, I clicked the power button and the orange screen appeared, 87% complete. After 15-30 minutes, it says it need to restart. This begins a horrible time. First of all, it can take hours again.
Then it restarts and quickly gives a blue screen which indicates a stopcode or drive power state failure. So restart again. Then it says windows cannot restart due to a problem and you are given the option of restarting or going to advanced troubleshooting.
I click restart. Again after a long time, it will restart.
This morning this process was pretty quick, about 2 hours.
The update also installed OneDrive without my permission even though it's been nagging me daily about it and I say no. It also shuts my audio off.
This happens only with an update and for every update. My pc is a couple of months old and I am still installing plugins. My first project with Sonar 8.5 is fine. I have done many projects with TRackS 5. So so far all else appears to be fine.