Actually things have improved considerably this year. You may still not have the latest OS version, but the security patches are arriving every 1-2 months.
Oreo is supposed to improve things even further, but for know its just a theory.
Hate it when I'm starting a newly written python script, and have forgotten the hashbang. For some reason my mouse cursor turns into a cross, and the script does nothing!
Always takes me a couple of seconds to realize what's going on...
It was and still is, the name is _getch() from <conio.h>
However, I can see how for a beginner programmer system("pause"); is more intuitive than printf/_getch() combo. Especially if said programmer is already familiar with windows shell and its commands.