October's round of patches proves how easily people become gun shy about going to get these patches first. Microsoft must understand that these slip ups like October produced makes people take a wait and see approach again. This simply is not in the best interest of MS, making people apprehensive about patching their machines.

While I have read MS position on the first error with MS05-051 the excuse that these things are complex. They went on to explain that we have a difficult job matching the time to deliver the fix against any possible errors. While this is complex for MS; imagine what it is for your mother or grandmother who has no idea what MSDTC is and why they need it, or want it in the first place.

Only a "limited" number of customers have been affected by this problem, and customers who received Update MS05-050 automatically or who correctly followed the steps in Microsoft's security bulletin won't be affected, Microsoft said. More information about the problem can be found here. 

In addition, there has been a significant increase in computer scanning activity -- apparently by hackers looking for targets to attack once an exploit becomes widely available. If you run Windows 2000, you should be very concerned.