It's just another reason to disable updates until you want to install them.
Not even!
By a very wide majority, most users never experience problems with Windows Updates in the first place.
The excuses given to disable updates are like saying you don't wear seatbelts because you might get trapped in a car fire. While that is possible, it is a very remote possibility. You have a much better chance of surviving a crash if you wear your seatbelts and as the driver, you have a much better chance of maintaining or regaining control if you are held in place instead of thrown about or worse, out of the car.
For Windows Updates, the benefits (in security
and performance) far outweigh any downside. But even if there is a problem, Microsoft soon releases a fix.
Unless you are a
true Windows expert on par with the professional developers with all the inside knowledge at Microsoft to truly know
exactly what your system
needs ("wants" are immaterial) and what you can do without,
AND you have the self-discipline to routinely check, verify and install
needed updates
on a timely bases, leave the defaults alone!
Contrary to what some may want us to believe, Microsoft really does have some pretty sharp people over there. Those who do experience problems with Windows Updates are really few and far between. They just make a lot of noise - amplified by headline seeking wannabe journalist in the IT press, bloggers who parrot everything they hear without verifying if true, and of course, the Windows bashers who hate anything with the Microsoft brand on it.