Security Update KB5034441 for Windows 10 Ver. 22H2 will not install.

As per "brummel(2)", you can definitely try to rollback to a restore point prior to doing the KB5034441 update, and any others done along with it and then delay-- 7-day max I think --these updates forcibly applying themselves. Who knows, perhaps if the updates present themselves again KB5034441 will not be on the list (it would mean Microsoft has received enough complaints about this particular update and they are doing something about it...).

Otherwise, trying a system restore from a bootable USB with the latest release that you can get through the Creation Tool is the next step I'd try.

As a final step I'd be doing a restore from a backup of the system that is as close as possible to the date the update was applied. I take weekly backups of my system. So, in my case I'd "loose" whatever I'd done on the Sunday and the Monday--which wouldn't be anything much, if anything.

That's my advice for all that it is worth to anyone.

Sorry to hear. You can try System Restore but my` pc would not roll back, citing issues with .net, another failure. Also I tried to reboot after initially trying install and I could not get past preparing stage. Had to emergency shut down. via power on button. It's a problem more than meets the initial fail. Thats why I did reset windows. Didn't help much

Sorry if I not helping your issue.

I have a bigger problem, after the update failed to install I tried restarting my laptop, not the system won't reboot. Now what do I do? Laptop won't enter recovery mode on it's own. The only way to enter recovery is from Media Creation Tool USB.

Any suggestions for getting my system up and running again? Should I try using System Restore and restore to a system point on Jan 7th, prior to the updates?

same here have tried troubleshooter and all other approaches above- nothing works which tells me its a MS issue