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I have been having this error for a long time now, it keeps saying "retry"after i click on it. Anyone know how to fix it?
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I googled the actual KB and found this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5034441-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-january-9-2024-62c04204-aaa5-4fee-a02a-2fdea17075a8. It seems that it updates the Windows Recovery (WinRE) environment, and the tip about resizing the partition for that is valid. You can find the link to the instructions in the KB article I linked.
I did that and the installation passed.
The latest update has wrecked havoc on my computer. I thought it was just another update, like many others over the years and it didn't even cross my mind this will lead to a total mess.
Immediately following the update all of my networking devices have become invisible. Nothing worked, there was no internet connection and all of LAN and Wifi adapters have disappeared. I tried running the networking troubleshooter, but it would not start.
It gave me "Diagnostic policy services is not running" error.
Since this was the first symptom, I went on my phone to search for possible solutions why my networking troubleshooter isn't working. What followed was a bunch of various loops and hoops, reinstalling all adapters and editing admin privileges of local services. Few reboots later, I finally had my internet back.
But, now my VPN service didn't want to start. So, naturally, being the next symptom I started Googling what the heck was going on with Nord VPN, followed by more hoops and loops, endless reboots and various other things, everything from editing registry to changing startup processes. Nothing worked.
Worried that this may be a more serious problem, I went to check my Windows Defender - to my shock it was disabled and could not be enabled, no matter what I tried. So I immediately went to do a system scan to check for any viruses - all clear. Then I did the whole system integrity tests, DISM, SFC, disk scans and a bunch of other stuff. I literally spent my whole day yesterday dealing with this BS.
Well, fine. I'll just revert to a saved restore point and wait this out. Well, all of my restore points are gone and my system restore is disabled and cannot be enabled.
Finally, by exploring this latest problem, I stumbled upon a post that said to check updates. And sure enough, I have a failed update that cannot be installed.
So, to recap... Currently I don't have Windows Defender, I can't use VPN, half of the services that should be running are stopped and cannot be started, my system restore doesn't work and cannot be enabled and every trick in the book that I've tried has failed. And I'm not a beginner, I do have experience with **** like this, but this... It's just insane what they've did.
GREAT JOB WINDOWS!
I resized my recovery partition to 1GB.
Update still fails to install with same error.
Use it to extend Recovery partition to at least 1000MB
Confirm Apply changes with the Apply button
Restart
Install Update
Much easier and faster than the command line.
The problem/solution is listed here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf
That is not a solution, that's a workaround. In the meantime (check bleepingcomputer.com and others) there are people with sizes way more than enough still getting this error.
On 1 pc with 547 MB space I tried this "solution" and got hanging on step 8, not able to enable reagentc anymore.
So I used a new install from usb, removed all partitions and installed again. Now this time, after installation and updates the update went fine.
Guess what... sizes of recovery partition... 547 MB.
So how come it's the same size and this time no errors?
Now on my own pc, same error on updating. My pc has a 600 MB rescue partition and right next to that on the right side, an unused unpartitioned space of over 400 MB so windows could have taken what it needed. But it didn't. I call that bad programming if that isn't even checked.
There are people around with 1 GB of recovery partition getting this error, which is way more than enough space.
Mainstream users don't have that knowledge and don't risk things. Microsoft should just fix this update.
