Comment 3rd party drivers (Score 1) 82
On enterprise grade hardware with minimal third party drivers Windows has been dead stable for a very long time. Start adding shitty drivers for junk you bought at Walmart and suddenly it's unstable.
Now add the heartbreak of trying to run expensive old audio hardware with half written drivers that were never fully updated for the post-Vista era (At home. EMU I'm looking at you.) and you'll really see some fireworks.