Windows Update failure for January 2024

I’ve pretty much given up on Microsoft being a) able to fix its increasingly annoying broken updates, and b) caring about its existing user base. I think, like every other big IT company, it’s corporate money they’re after.

It seems to me that the small user doesn’t really have much influence, individually. The best way to give Microsoft a kick up the corporate pants is to refrain from trying to upgrade at all.

If Microsoft can’t delivery stable and unbroken software updates then, simply refrain from updating to Windows 11. They’ll soon get the message if their metrics show a huge cessation of upgrading.

I, for one, am perfectly happy with Windows 10. It isn’t perfect but, it seems to have a more intuitive interface than 11, where so much is changed, moved or hidden, seemingly just for changes sake. And I vehemently disagree with the subscription model.

For Windows 10 Home 22H2 I followed the Independent Advisor's advice and I'm fixed. This process will take you about 3 to 4 hours Making a Restore Point, Downloading and running the Installation, then Installing all the Updates normally through Windows Key > Settings > Updates. Follow these reprinted instructions for you:

Note: before doing this make sure to create a restore point: https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/402753...

1. go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...
2. Select Download Now, and select Run. You need to be an administrator to run this tool.
3. On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
4. On the What do you want to do? page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.
5. After downloading and installing, it should fix the issue.

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

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Finally found you J Mag:

This is quite thorough. It took me about 3 hours to make a Restore Point, Download and run the installation, then install the updates. Seems to have gone way back putting in all the concurrent Updates for Windows 10 22H2. In other words REPAIRED my configuration and files. Here are the instructions I followed:

Hi, sure, and do you mean that you have done the steps I provided? In addition, If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Note: before doing this make sure to create a restore point: https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/402753...

1. go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...
2. Select Download Now, and select Run. You need to be an administrator to run this tool.
3. On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
4. On the What do you want to do? page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.
5. After downloading and installing, it should fix the issue.

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

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Yes I am having the same issue. The Feb 13 patch failed as well.

Hi Ross! Here I am on Friday 2-16-24. Now windows is trying to do update KB5034763. It is failing to update. This is the third update in two months that is failing to update.

January:

KB5034203 - failed

KB5034122 - failed

February:

KB5034763 - failed

The computer continues to work fine. It has to be a Microsoft issue. Not sure where to go from here.

Anybody else having those same issues? Soooooooooo frustrating!