• WinRE KB5057589 fake out

    Error messagePK noted this behavior the other day (if I am recalling correctly) where the installation of the KB5057589 patch looks like it failed, but it really doesn’t.

    “This error is observed when the device installs the WinRE update when there is another update in a pending reboot state. Although the error message suggests the update did not complete, the WinRE update is typically applied successfully after the device restarts. Windows Update might continue to display the update as failed until the next daily scan, at which point the update is no longer offered and the failure message is cleared automatically.”

    Sigh.

    So if you get an install failure, you may not have an install failure, unless you really do have an install failure. My take: In a consumer setting the risk of issues of side effects of installing updates are often greater than the risk of attacks.