2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441) error (0x80070643) a known issue?

Anonymous
2024-01-09T21:04:12+00:00

I keep trying install this update yet it keeps failing. I already ran troubleshooter said it resolved the issue but the error persists. I also disabled my antivirus and tried again still did not work And I keep getting error (0x80070643) Is this a known issue? All the other updates installed fine without issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T04:21:54+00:00

    A very large number of users are reporting a failure in downloading this update (KB5034441). There are suggestions to increase the size of the recovery partition to allow the update to succeed. This is a complicated and possibly risky procedure and many are saying it does not work. Microsoft will most likely remove the update or apply a fix.

    Hey GW 2003,

    This may be "a complicated and possibly risky procedure" but it did work for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T05:01:44+00:00

    What worked for me was re-sizing the WinRE partition to 1 GB.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T06:13:39+00:00

    From what I found "this update addresses a security vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass BitLocker encryption by using Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). For more information, see CVE-2024-20666."

    Does that mean that this security update only apply to computers with Bitlocker encryption enabled on the drive? Bitlocker is not enabled by default and has to be specifically enabled so I'm guessing this security patch is of no value to a large majority of people running windows?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T07:25:59+00:00

    That worked for me too, actually.

    My problem was I really didn't like the process described in KB5028997. I find the number of steps involved and the deletion of the existing, otherwise healthy WinRE partition a little scary, especially considering the included note warning that the partition (re)creation may 'fail'.

    It seems to me that it might be safer to simply shrink the existing O/S partition slightly (like by 500MB - 1GB or so) and then expand the existing recovery partition into the resulting unallocated space.

    In my case, my C: drive's recovery partition was about 500 MB in size, (which was apparently 150 MB short of the minimum recommended size of 650 MB). I decided to increase my recovery partition's size to about 1 GB.

    I decided to document how I solved it and what I found along the way:

    https://www.northshore-it.com/tips/how-tos/manually-resize-your-recovery-partition/

    Let me know if this helps anyone!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-12T07:36:04+00:00

    Same here. Today is January 12 & still the problem is persisting. Everytime, the update shows as installing at 0% & then suddenly after a long time, it shows error

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