Odd, because all these issues happened within the first 3-4 years of Windows 10 being out in the wild. On the same hardware I haven't had any issues in the past 1-2 years with updates, though I'm better at catching them now before they auto update and push the updates out as far as I can. So, it doesn't appear to be hardware issues. It appears to be an OS issue.
I had to repair/reinstall audio and video drivers for my mom's work computer 3 or 4 times now after Windows 10 updates.
I had to walk my brother through a Windows repair process over the phone because an update about a year ago broke Windows for him. Luckily, the repair fixed the issue for him.
My work had a multitude of computers print spooler break from several different updates over the past couple of years.
Glad you haven't had issues, but when people like you come around and try to shift blame or point fingers at something else just because you haven't had issues....that's kind of pathetic. Not everyone has the same experiences as you can clearly see.
Windows 10 has been horsesh!t in terms of upgrade stability when compared to past OSes, in my experience. Hopefully you continue to have no issues, but I for one cringe every time an update has to be done because there's a good chance I have to fix something.
The Company I work for handles plant automation for over 200 facilities. Most have 2+ computers that runs the automation's human interface. We've been doing it since the XP days. I can't tell you the amount of machines I've work on. About 50/50 split in regards to the machines having internet access and windows updates.
I'm also the Lead Network administrator for our company. We also setup network infrastructure for clients, ranging from network backbones to full on MS 365, on site servers, wireless & switching, etc.
Windows XP was by far the worst. Super easy to break.
Windows 7 for the most part was solid. But if you lived in the era where windows 7 was the latest and greatest, it was not rainbows that people think it was. Windows 7 had plenty of bad updates that ended up getting pulled a day or two later.
Windows 10 for the most part has been smooth sailing. There have been issues with major updates breaking something like SQL, and easily gets fixed by repair 99% of the time. For personal office use, windows 10 just works. For a operator machines, windows 7 was nice in regards to being able to lock it down from updates easily. Windows 10 is a little more work for disabling updates. But these days on a online machine, not updating is a major security risk.
Windows 7 shouldn't even be connected to the internet in any corporate environment. All of my managed offices run windows 10, all have print servers, non ever had a issue with a print server. Sure a user could have their print spooler act up, a simple clear of said print spooler and reboot is always a fix. Adobe Reader likes to do goofy things when printing, nearly always the issue when that happens.
I've never had issues in regards to driver. It windows 10 really shouldn't install major drivers anyways, MS really pushed away from doing so. But I mostly use Dell laptops and rely mostly on Dell Command Update for major updates to a system. Cheap computers tend to be just that, cheap crap. I wouldn't recommend anything other than a business class machine for business use.
And if you do use non business class machines, buy quality devices. Not a plastic acer.
I'm sorry but windows 10 has by far been the most stable windows ever. That is Fact and is backed up by not only me, but the majority of the internet.
Only thing windows 7 did better was working on machines with low amount of RAM and nearly non existent video card. AKA Trash