Nice sig Kat! [img]smile.gif[/img]
I don't know how to fix your patch problems since I haven't patched, but I asked the same question about the spontanteous dump outs when I started playing and was told there's no patch to fix it, it just happens and the only thing you can do is save often. I don't know if it's been updated since then (few weeks ago) however.
But I don't think you need to put morrowind away just because of this. Unless it's happening much more frequently for you, I find it irritating but not game-threatening. I was already in the habit of quick-saving every while or so, because I live in fear of redoing things if I die
, especially the 'load exterior' bit - very tedious. I find I only get dumped out once a session if that, sometimes not at all. And IMNSHO, it's too good a game to stop playing just because of that [img]smile.gif[/img]