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
    2024-07-28T06:44:07+00:00

    I'm having that issue as well. It's been like 5-6 months as of posting, and Microsoft STILL hasn't fixed the issue with the installation of Update KB5034441 failing with error code 0x80070643. This issue needs to be fixed ASAP.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-23T13:13:03+00:00

    Sorry that I have not read this entire thread. This update-error persists on my computer as of June, 2024, months after it began (January, 2024). Does anyone know of a way even to just delete the damned update?

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-20T00:42:11+00:00

    This registry key fix worked for us. I was absolutely not going to edit partitions.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-04T00:21:27+00:00

    So it's been like 4 months and this update STILL fails...

    I just reimaged a new desktop with Windows 10 Pro and ran all updates. This update is the only one that fails... When will Microsoft get ANYONE to actually fix issues?

    This desktop does NOT have TPM at all, but it's also not on Windows 11 so this shouldn't be an issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-23T01:31:18+00:00

    These dated February 15, and as of today, March 22, 2024. Microsoft still has not fixed it. I believe they're just put the squeeze on us to download Version 11

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