Are you happy with Windows 10 Pro?

I really like Windows 10 much better than 8.1 and 7. To me it's speedier than the older Windows and it has a cleaner looking interface. I know that improvements were made to audio core over Windows 8 and 7 but I still prefer to run audio out via WASAPI if I'm listening via J. River or ASIO if I'm editing audio inside Sound Forge 11.

10 is definitely is more compatible with Sound Forge than 8.. I had major problems trying to run Sound Forge 11 on Windows 8.1 but 10 fixed my issues.

After major updates on the Fast Ring it does seem to always want to take over file associations back to the Windows default programs. This is easily rectified in the Default Programs option within the Control Panel.

I like 10's File Explorer better than 8 especially when copying large files. There's more info presented about the transfers anticipated duration and the transfer data rate speed.

Dedicated for streaming, I have a HP laptop with an i7 processor and 4gb ram. Last night, I upgraded from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10. Everything works fine, but the laptop fan is on high, non-stop, even when I activate Fidelizer, which is supposed to turn off unnecessary background processes. I don't recall the fan being on high non-stop when streaming with Windows 7. Does Windows 10 require more resources?

Reboot your PC and go into the BIOS. You should be able to turn the fan off there.

Also Steakster,
Did you do a Clean Install or just did an upgrade?
I suggest, if possible, do a Clean Install. That way all the bloatware is gone and you will see a huge improvement in performance. Make sure your have the "keys" for all your softwares before you do a clean install. Also take a backup of your "My Document" folder. Create a directory on the C:\ and put the files there, because My Document gets wiped off, but the new folder on the C:\ will remains, even if you do Clean install.

It doesn't matter if you do a clean install, the bloatware is still there. The only way to get a true clean install is to buy a retail copy of Windows. If you use anything supplied by whoever makes the computer, you get the bloatware along with the OS. The only option is to manually uninstall anything you don't want.