Windows tricks

Pin to start any file
Execute task at logon: using task scheduler
Execute task at restart: Group policy editor (gpedit.msc) > User configuration > Windows Settings > Startup / Shutdown
Run program as administrator
- See Point 12 for having a program always execute as admin
Edit the context menu “New” options

Audio

Links :

Interesting article about multiple audio interfaces : https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/using-multiple-audio-interfaces-together
Windows audio architecture : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/windows-audio-architecture
Wasapi example code : https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/WindowsAudioSession
Windows vs linux audio : https://www.learndigitalaudio.com/how-linux-audio-works-vs-windows-audio-2017Sound control panel : https://oxen.tech/blog/using-sounds-settings-control-panel/

Drivers :

Asio, Windows Core Audio (using WASAPI)

To use a professional audio interface in Windows you will need to download the drivers from the manufacturers web site and install them. These will almost certainly include an ASIO driver. This type of special driver created by Steinberg will bypass the operating system as much as is possible and enable low latency high quality sound.

There will probably be another driver included for general Windows use. This is for software that does not support ASIO, and it will probably be Windows Core Audio which uses WASAPI. This is the current type of driver used in Windows 10, and supersedes MME (1991), DirectSound (1995), and WDM (1998).

Windows Core Audio can also bypass the operating system as much as is possible, and get low latency in ‘exclusive’ mode, but ASIO is still the most widely used pro audio standard.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd742875)