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

So, we know that TPM is the issue, especially for older machines that didn't come with TPM enabled straight out of the box. Windows 11 requires TPM to be enabled. I guess my question is, for those of us who support systems remotely, is Microsoft going to create a fix or update that can enable the TPM without having to manually go in and make bios changes? Many of my remote clients will not be able to make these changes independently, even with step-by-step instructions over the phone; nor would I want to trust them to get into the bios without my physical observation. And, of course, you can edit bios settings remotely. So... what's next?

As others have pointed out you can hide the update. A fix will eventually come out. This affects Windows 10 machines that never had TPM to begin with so it's not something those folks have the option to enable.

My recovery partition was ~530MB and I tried the "Instructions on manually resizing the recovery partition." I think it's silly to suggest average users would need to follow those steps and hope they didn't mess something up. I was able to follow the steps but it reached a point where it simply said it couldn't shrink such partitions and I noticed other people were going deeper creating new partitions, assigning drive letters, copying contents etc. Just too much excess for me. Users can simply wait for a "fix" but I decided to see what I could do with other tools.

I opened "Computer Management" and then selected "Disk Management" and I shrunk the System drive by 250MB. Of course "Disk Management" won't allow you to extend the "Recovery" partition so I opened "Partition Wizard" which is a free utility (basic version). I opened it and then selected the "Recovery" partition and chose to "extend" it to the "250MB unallocated space", then click "Apply" and the changes were made near instantly. I then restarted my computer.

I then tried to install the "update KB5034441" again and whilst waiting I decided to open Task Manager, "Open Resource Meter" and noticed that "Dismhost...." was running and then "UpdateWinRE...." appeared and the update successfully installed. So increasing the size of the recovery partition worked fine for me.

I’m a senior with Multiple Sclerosis this is way too confusing am I to be worried that this is gonna mess up my laptop I keep getting a blue screen error and frozen screen this is scaring me I don’t have much entertainment in my life other than creative stuff on my Laptop

I’m a senior with Multiple Sclerosis this is way too confusing am I to be worried that this is gonna mess up my laptop I keep getting a blue screen error and frozen screen this is scaring me I don’t have much entertainment in my life other than creative stuff on my Laptop

I'm sorry about your condition, I have a family member suffering from Parkinson's.... You don't have anyone you "replied" to directly so I'm not sure if you were having "blue screen/freezing issues" already OR if you have already "tried" some of these procedures and now your laptop is "blue screening/freezing" as a result, I'm not sure what to tell you because I have no idea about your particular laptop, what you have/haven't done and I'm certainly not a "Microsoft Support Agent." You can contact them for "support" if there isn't a friend/relative who can help you.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus

I don't want you to think there's no help here either. There may be others on this forum who are more advanced and may be able to help you by learning of your laptop make/model number, requesting additional information about the problems you're experiencing as well as certain files/error output messages etc.

I'm not aware of anyone having problems by NOT installing the "Windows Update KB5034441" which is what this thread is primarily about. Some of us are more comfortable with these things so we decided to try the workaround of "increasing the Recovery partition size." The way I did it personally, I felt was the simplest. HOWEVER, some have said that "Microsoft is working on a FIX for the issue" so for anyone who isn't comfortable making these kinds of changes, it's best to wait for the "FIX."