[js1138]

Can't recall a Windows OS ever having this problem.

Actually Microsoft did release a security update a couple of months ago that pitched several hundred thousand users off the internet. That makes it difficult to get the fix.

Fortunately the updates can be uninstalled without access to the net.

Lots of big corporations hold off installing the updates for fear of bugs. That's why their pants are down when the exploit worms arrive. Better to live with bugs than worms in my opinion.

[general_re]

Speaking from my own experience, I will say that often it's not a matter of simply avoiding updates, as I'm sure you know. But companies that have a couple of critical apps, or crufty old legacy apps that need to work, will tend to take a good long time testing patches before going live, rather than patching willy-nilly and potentially breaking something important. Unfortunately, that delay for testing often exposes them to problems as well. Can't win for trying, some days ;)