Is there a workaround for KB5034441 install failure that doesn't require partition modification?

Anonymous
2024-02-10T02:17:25+00:00

We know about the failure of KB5034441, and the recent recommendations to modify a partition as a workaround. As an old school practitioner (since 3.1 came on floppies), and having crashed many a hard disk, modifying a partition seems rather extreme for an update workaround, unsafe, and IMHO highly NOT recommended. My questions are:

Is there another workaround or fix to KB5034441 not installing?
How important is this update seeing how update Tuesday is in just a few days?

Edition: Windows 10 Enterprise
Version: 22H2
Installed on: ‎8/‎19/‎2020
OS build: 19045.3930
Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0

Elevated PS Script Command> Get-WindowsUpdate -Install -acceptall -IgnoreReboot

1 hostname Accepted KB5034441 23MB 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441)
2 hostname Downloaded KB5034441 23MB 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441)
3 hostname Failed KB5034441 23MB 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441) (Error: 0x80070643)

UPDATE: Tuesday 2/27/2024
The issue was resolved by enabling the TPM is BIOS to allow the operating system to access the TPM. Nothing was done to modify partitions from the default install size. Currently I have a 50MB NTFS System partition, a 465GB Primary partition, and a 546MB Recovery partition.
Looking in the Update history, KB5034441 installed correctly. Kudos to 1proggy, below, for coming up with the answer for my system.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-25T20:28:32+00:00

    Well, thank you for opening this thread -- it turned out the Windows Update issue was likely causing my boot time to lag because fixing that (hiding the update and running that repair program) seems to have resolved it.

    It was mostly DEC VAX but did work on PDP-11s in the 1990s - even had to do some editing/moving of bits on a disk when there were bad data sectors. Now it's mostly Windows or Linux servers. I remember paying $610 for a 20MB hard drive upgrade for my IBM PC in 1983. We've come a long way, huh. :-)

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-25T19:59:25+00:00

    I had intended no disrespect and was honestly curious about what an "Independent Advisor" is, do you get paid, etc. I'm rarely on MS products till late 2023 when I needed access to Word 365 and AI for use in a legal case against a well known social media entity.

    You're going back to the era of minicomputers and mainframes, my friend! Windows was definitely not the OS. My introduction to computers was a community college in a Rocky Mountain state. They had a DEC PDP-11/780. It was the bomb!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-25T15:20:34+00:00

    Thank you -- I've been messing with Windows Updates for a day now as a way to deal with slow boot time. The video you link to is great with lots of background info about this update and how to resolve it.

    If you do have a computer with TPM, then you can run this Powershell script to extend your WinRE partition by 250MB (if needed), then retry the update: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/add-update-to-winre?view=windows-11#extend-the-windows-re-partition

    In my case, I don't have TPM on my old Dell All-In-One so I just hid the update, as @1proggy suggested:

    https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab

    Note that I also installed and ran a pretty good Windows 'repair tool' that can reset Windows Update (and other) issues: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/tweaking_com_windows_repair.html

    On the fun pi__ing contest, I was first introduced to computers on a Sperry Univac 9000 series in the early 1970s. It was all uphill from there. :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T04:09:08+00:00

    If you go to Carey Holzman's channel on YouTube he just did a video on this issue and it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq\_WV2OZEks

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T03:32:49+00:00

    Going to start using Ubuntu as soon as end of support is reached

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