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When I tried to install the windows update "2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441)" I received the error code (0x80070643).
I have already tried, restarting my computer, waiting a bit before retrying, running a memory diagnostic check, checking all my drivers for updates, installing optional updates, and running a malware scan.
When I tried to run the windows update troubleshooter it said "diagnosing problems" but never fixed them and I was still unable to install the update after running the trouble shooter.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Ditto, you are right. Especially since doing all these things likely will make no difference. Even when you wipe your drive with a clean boot the same error will return. Likely this is somehow related to the MBR / GPT type of Booting and referencing data.
Hi,
It seems this is a big problem.
This link shows how to mask the problem so the error no longer appears. Not sure it this means if other updates can happen: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8280-hide-show-windows-updates-windows-10-a.html The above link is the last one I used.
Below is a good video showing how to download Minitool to adjust partition size of the recovery partition. While this is a possible source of the problem, it did not fix it for me. Also, MS will auto create a new recovery partition if the existing one is too small. I had 2 recovery partitions which I merged but made no difference. I even attempted to clean the partition but that was tricky and I am not sure I actually cleaned/wiped out the old data in it. Anyone know how to directly access the recovery partition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUnvAN7ffs4
This fellow gives a lot of more details but is complex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SgSFn35L7w
Still no joy.
Good luck,
That is MS's problem. They need to rework the update.
Search for show hide updates
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Hiding updates makes the error go away but not sure if anything else gets fixed.
There are several suggestions that the reserve partition is too small for the patch. However, MS auto creates a bigger partition if needed. I found 2 reserve partitions. I both increased one then merged the two. Still got the error.
Does anyone think that MS has been hacked?
Ok
How?
