Windows 10 Update from November 2021 (21H2) to November 2022 (22H2)

When updating Windows 10 to a new major release, some settings may get reset to their default values.
Here are the settings to check after updating to Windows 10 2004 / 2009

UNINSTALL MASSCORE 

If you upgrade from Windows 10 21H2 to 22H2, you don't need to uninstall MassCore.

UPDATE WINDOWS TO 21H1/21H2.

To update to Windows 21H1 or 21H2, install the feature update with Windows updates.
Your computer will then have to restart.  On the boot menu, please select the Windows 10 standard boot line (non MassCore).
The update process will continue.
When the update is finished, you then reboot on the MassCore boot line, and re-configure some settings as described below.

WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL 

To access Windows 10 Control Panel, type "control panel" in Windows Search box.  
You can right click on the control panel icon from the search result and pin it to the Start menu or Taskbar.  

Recovery

In the Control Panel > Recovery
Make sure protection is turned on for your system drive.
Select the system drive and click on Configure.
Select Turn on system protection, and set a value for Disk Space Usage (usually 10% max).
Disable the system protection on the Media drive(s), as this feature only works on system files and programs.

Hardware tab

Switch to Hardware tab:
Click  on Device Installation Settings and select the “No, let me choose what to do" option.
This will prevent Windows update service to automatically change the system drivers.

Device Manager

Ports (COM & LPT)
If you use 9pin-RS422 connection:
Communication Port (COM x) > Properties
Ports Settings tab > Advanced > set both Receive and Transmit buffer to Low (4) 

Universal Serial Bus controllers

Check each USB Root Hub / Host Controller and disable power management if any, by right clicking on it and accessing its properties.(Power Management tab)

WINDOWS SETTINGS

Settings page can be accessed through Windows Start > Settings icon (and  + i)

System

Display > Graphic settings : Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling.  Merging recommends to enable this feature if available on your system (depends on the graphic card capabilities).

OneDrive configuration / uninstall

OneDrive has to be reconfigured if it was not previously configured:
If you use OneDrive, you should configure it to not interfere in the network traffic.
Right click on the OneDrive icon   in the notification area and select Settings.
Remove "Start OneDrive Automatically when I sign to Windows" and "Display notifications when people share with me or edit my shared files".
In the Network tab, set both Upload and Download rates to Limit to : 125 KB/s (or lower).
If you don't use OneDrive, you may uninstall it in Windows Settings > System > Apps and features.

Task Scheduler

WinSAT Task should be disabled.
In Windows 10, Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is scheduled to run too often compared to previous Windows version, and this tool is not very useful.  Its main purpose is to calculate the system rating displayed in Windows Control panel > System page, but it can also re-activate some setting without noticing the user.
Therefore Merging recommends you disable it.

Go in Windows Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.
Browse the Task scheduler library to Microsoft > Windows > Maintenance.
Right click on the WinSAT task and select Disable.

Browse now to Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender.
Right click on the Windows Defender Scheduled tasks and select Properties.
in the Conditions tab, set it to Start only if the computer is idle, and Stop if the computer ceases to be idle

RAVENNA ASIO / MERGING AUDIO DEVICE drivers

The update enables Windows Network Throttling, that can cause issues on the network bandwidth.
Please open Merging RAVENNA ASIO / Merging Audio Device panel, the setting will be automatically modified, and the application will give you a confirmation message.
Reboot the computer after the change has been made.