I just installed my copy of Cubase Elements 7 to my DAW after I re built it. You'll see the option to install the generic driver at a certain point in the install. Possibley they also include it with the interfaces. We'll see what the OP say's he has I guess.    
 It should be harmless just the same as we could use WASAPI. I certainly didn't bother my system. It was not an option in Sonar, only Cubase. Where it was anouying is everytime I started Cubase it would default to that driver. But Wave Lab seems OK. 

Win 1709 has killed my Sonar too -  i get "mfc140u.dll missing, VCRUNTIME140.dll missing , CONCRT140.dll missing".  I don't have a steinberg driver.   I "updated" Windows to 1709 on 28th December, then tried to load Sonar only today after my holiday. 
I tried to uninstall the update, but discovered it had deleted the old files (hah- Microsoft didn't tell me that when I "upgraded") - AND it doesn't recognize the Restore files that I used to make religiously so I can't do a hard drive image restore. Why do these people come up with these ideas?   I can either re-install Sonar or use the system restore disc from the previous version of Win 10 - what would be the better option? 
 
 
 

zblip2@gmail.com
Hi
I upgraded to new Windows and since then, when I fire up Sonar I get the Following:
 
- A pop up says: Installing Steinberg USB driver
 
then...
 
- A Second pop up says: Preparing to Install...
 
It stays frozen like this and nothing happens...
 
Is that it? Sonar has been killed by new Windows upgrade?
 
Please help me
 
 

graemesp@hotmail.com
Win 1709 has killed my Sonar too -  i get "mfc140u.dll missing, VCRUNTIME140.dll missing , CONCRT140.dll missing".  I don't have a steinberg driver.   I "updated" Windows to 1709 on 28th December, then tried to load Sonar only today after my holiday. 
I tried to uninstall the update, but discovered it had deleted the old files (hah- Microsoft didn't tell me that when I "upgraded") - AND it doesn't recognize the Restore files that I used to make religiously so I can't do a hard drive image restore. Why do these people come up with these ideas?   I can either re-install Sonar or use the system restore disc from the previous version of Win 10 - what would be the better option? 

 
Your issue is completely different I would create a brand new thread as you risk hijacking the OP's thread.

Anyway these are missing Visual C runtime libraries, generally the first thing to do here is run Windows Update several times (over and over again, rebooting etc) until it's all installed.
 
Otherwise a Sonar reinstall might reinstall the libraries for you, worst case scenario is to download the libraries from MS and install.


EDIT.

Since I posted this he's created a new thread:
http://forum.cakewalk.com...spx?m=3718731&fp=1