  We examine the quantum corrections to the static energy for Higgs winding
configurations. We evaluate the effective action for such configurations in
Weinberg-Salam theory without U(1)-gauge fields or fermions. For a
configuration whose size is much smaller than the inverse W-mass, quantum
contributions to the energy are comparable to the classical energy. Moreover,
it is insufficient to consider only one-loop corrections, even as hbar --> 0.
Indeed, all loop orders contribute equally to the static energy. Nevertheless,
quantum fluctuations do not stabilize winding configurations.
