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
    2024-05-07T17:40:40+00:00

    Yup, three options - program it yourself, upgrade to Windows 11, or live with it.

    I may try to live with it  (CVE-2024-20666 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability …A successful attacker could bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature on the system storage device. An attacker with physical access to the target could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to encrypted data.)

    Either way you cut it Microsoft did not provide a “user friendly” solution.

    PS: Hey Microsoft, did you hear about KB5034441 stealing a calendar?  It got 12 months.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-08T17:36:16+00:00

    Nicholas Sullivan1,

    After running reagent/info, my Windows RE Location is harddisk #1 and partition #4.

    If I bring up Disk Management it indicates that partition #4 is 718 mb and is 100% free.

    Does that mean that the Windows RE Location is a sub-partition of partition #4?   If so, too bad they didn’t just use the whole partition.

    Thank you for your time,

    DefinitelyNotFunny

    PS: Hey Microsoft, what did KB5034441 say when it swam into a wall?  Dam.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-08T19:14:10+00:00

    If I bring up Disk Management it indicates that partition #4 is 718 mb and is 100% free.

    You'll love this one: Disk Management has no judgment of the free space of a protected partition. It has no judgment of the file system either. No judgment of free space and file system of Recovery or EFI System Partitions, for starters.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-10T12:09:04+00:00

    That's because you are. We all are. Both think they can continue to get away with this extortion. Anyway, uSoft was right: Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows I will need. Others may be willing continue on the squirrel cage, but I'm off.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-12T01:59:55+00:00

    So grateful, for your insight on this stupid problem!

    This approach worked for me on several aged HP machines, which I understand are near end of life, but not quite ready for disposal.

    Shame on Microsoft for making this so difficult to accomplish. They diminish the concept of keeping up with updates, when they do not provide a path to achieve same.

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