The Latest Windows 10 Security Update Has an Error… Microsoft is Working On a Fix

The Latest Windows 10 Security Update Has an Error… Microsoft is Working On a Fix

In the past few days, we’ve received several emails from Windows 10 users who were not able to install the latest Windows 10 security update (labeled KB5034441). They reported the update installation would reach 30% and not proceed any further. In other words,  the update got stuck at 30%.

Our advice is to be patient as those kinds of issues will usually resolve over time – usually because Microsoft gets a lot of feedback and fixes the faulty updates eventually.

Now it’s official. Microsoft admits there’s a  problem with the update and they’re working on a fix for it.

The following article from TechRadar explains the problem with this recent Windows update.

Microsoft admits that the latest Windows 10 update has a peculiar error – and it’s working to fix it ASAP

Playing the waiting game.

A small security update for Windows 10 that tagged along with January’s main system update has been causing trouble for some users, prompting ‘installation failure’ errors on some PCs. Fortunately for those affected, Microsoft has now officially acknowledged the problem, and is working to fix it.

Last week we reported on Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 security patch, which caused more than a few headaches for IT admins, but was aimed at Windows 10 PC’s to fix a flaw that could potentially allow attackers to bypass encryption.

According to TweakTown, the error caused by that patch (labeled KB5034441) is due to unhelpful stop code present in the update, apparently caused by the recovery partition (WinRE) in Windows 10 not being sufficiently big enough. TweakTown quotes Microsoft admitting to the error and confirming that “It might be necessary to increase the size of the WinRE partition in order to avoid this issue and complete the installation. Note that 250 megabytes of free space is required in the recovery partition.”

We’re going to have to be patient

As we noted in our original article covering the KB5034441 update, if you’re really certain you want to get the patch installed, it can be done with a few changes to the system configuration.

This process requires quite a bit of time and care, however, and while we go through how you could possibly try and rectify it, we don’t really suggest that casual Windows users do so – at least, not until more information is available. Given how important the security patch is, we’re almost certainly going to see a new patch release very soon.

If you are yet to download the latest security update to your Windows 10 device, we would recommend holding off for a little while longer if you wish to avoid this kind of inconvenience. You’re better off waiting for Microsoft to rectify the problem itself, which will hopefully be a quick-fix solution.

So, if you’re one of the many people having a problem with this Microsoft security update, take our advice and be patient. Microsoft will hopefully have the issue resolved soon.