@rkbw l Well, I've been there before and I have found results from failed windows updates that lead to solutions. But just as well I've had labyrinthine, serial problems with some Linux-based software stacks/applications/software updates where, you have no indication that anything is wrong, right up until you get random crashdumps while the program is running. I'm not arguing against better error messages and documentation.

But anecdotal experiences are anecdotal experiences. What if I told you that I haven't had a blue screen of death in over 7 years across two major Windows operating systems?