Question What's going on with KB5034441?

[MajorPager]

I know the update error caused by this is because the recovery partition is too small, but Microsoft said they would fix it, but that was back in January, and its now April. Does it really take this long to fix something like this? I'm going to assume yes but I'm not entirely sure, I don't really deal with bug fixing or coding all that much to know in great detail.

 

[Lutfij]

I wouldn't bother with the update nor the patch. As things stand Windows 10 is nearing a decade since it's release and the way forward would have to be Windows 11 or higher.

If you are going to reinstall the OS, I'd recommend recreating the bootable installer with Windows Media Creation Tools then wiping clear all partitions to have the installer recreate them as necessary with KB5034441 as the baseline update on said installer.

I think the people on Microsoft's end realized that the patch would be more work than what it took to roll out the update and have other pressing matters to tend to.

 

[MajorPager]

I wouldn't bother with the update nor the patch. As things stand Windows 10 is nearing a decade since it's release and the way forward would have to be Windows 11 or higher.

If you are going to reinstall the OS, I'd recommend recreating the bootable installer with Windows Media Creation Tools then wiping clear all partitions to have the installer recreate them as necessary with KB5034441 as the baseline update on said installer.

I think the people on Microsoft's end realized that the patch would be more work than what it took to roll out the update and have other pressing matters to tend to.

I appreciate the info, thanks.

 

[punkncat]

I have walked through the fix on this four times now. Three of the machines performed the resize operation just fine. The fourth of them ended up me spending well too much time messing around as it would not complete one of the final steps, kept returning with an error. I then did what I should have done up front, and will do again should the need arise...
I downloaded the newest USB installer for W10 and did the wipe and reformat as described above by @Lutfij which took a considerable less amount of time. Side benefit being it cleans up the install anyway.

 

[yossibac]

I wouldn't bother with the update nor the patch. As things stand Windows 10 is nearing a decade since it's release and the way forward would have to be Windows 11 or higher.

If you are going to reinstall the OS, I'd recommend recreating the bootable installer with Windows Media Creation Tools then wiping clear all partitions to have the installer recreate them as necessary with KB5034441 as the baseline update on said installer.

I think the people on Microsoft's end realized that the patch would be more work than what it took to roll out the update and have other pressing matters to tend to.

Honestly, there are plenty of people who can't because of hardware or don't wish to update to Windows 11

 

[SkyNetRising]

I don't really deal with bug fixing or coding all that much to know in great detail.

We can probably provide you instructions for fixing the issue.
It's pretty simple actually.

Show screenshot from Disk Management, if you're interested.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[MajorPager]

Honestly, there are plenty of people who can't because of hardware or don't wish to update to Windows 11

Same here.

We can probably provide you instructions for fixing the issue.
It's pretty simple actually.

I know how to do it, its just extending the recovery partition by a little bit. I believe there are other discussions on here from January that have the process in it.

Three of the machines performed the resize operation just fine. The fourth of them ended up me spending well too much time messing around as it would not complete one of the final steps, kept returning with an error.

That is why I haven't done it yet as there probably will be a problem, although this update is for bitlocker, I think, which I don't use anyway.

I was just curious as to what was going on with it since Microsoft hasn't done barely anything since day one, and the whole fact that I see it every time I update my computer.

 

[Colif]

I wouldn't bother with the update nor the patch. As things stand Windows 10 is nearing a decade since it's release and the way forward would have to be Windows 11 or higher.

still got one year before it reaches that point. Its too soon to just tell people to update if they haven't still.

I wonder which of my two Windows recovery partitions would have the winre environment on it... wonder if it just applies to PC with only one of them. Win 10 created a new one at some stage after 2020 as I have two of them, a 600mb one and a 900mb one...
It doesn't matter though as I am on win 11.

I see fix here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...e-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf