Pro Tools extremely slow all of a sudden.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by The Weed

On my W10 Pro audio computer, I used Group Policy to turn off updates. Windows notifies me when there's an update, including Defender, but I have to manually agree to install it.

Group Policy Editor is not available on W10 Home.

I finally gave up on this as nothing I did would prevent updates(running Win10 Pro). Having said that, no update has caused any issue other than 2 tweaks getting reset(but only once or twice). Those were:
1-Sound Properties reset to my interface as the default playback device
2-USB Power Management on some(but not all) USB ports

[EGS]

I keep a recent boot drive image nearby. Having said that, I take all Windows updates. I don't recall any issues caused by a Windows update.

[jcarthur]

Hi all, thanks for the very helpful information. In the end, I was able to pin this down iLok/PACE updates - as soon as I updated this I was back to full speed! I also got the Trasher utility in case something happens in the future. Thanks all!