Windows: Black Screen of Death (not Blue!)

With the upgrade  to latest windows 7, the Blue Screen death in Windows Operating system is not a news anymore.
Because Black Screen of death is in the news! (see related links below).

I had, somehow, decided to disable irritating flood of Windows updates last month. Except the following irritating notice at the beginning, I am glad that I did not download some updates.
:)

Related:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8388253.stm
http://lifehacker.com/5416106/recent-windows-patch-causes-black-screen-of-death-for-many-users
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death