KB5035849 refuses to install for many, but there's a way to force it

A new update for Windows is here, but it seems that many users are having trouble installing it on their PCs.

While this seems to be a big problem for some, the good news is that the workaround is already available.

KB5035849 update failing to install, here’s what users say

Microsoft has released a KB5035849 update for Patch Tuesday, but it seems that users are having trouble installing it.

According to BleepingComputer, the installation fails with the 0xd0000034 error on Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019.

The Reddit community also reported this problem, and apparently, users have found a workaround:

I’m installing from the catalog. Seems to be working so far.

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5035849

For speediness, I downloaded the .msu file to a central location and then am installing via powershell
$msuFilePath = “\\PATH2KB\KB5035849\windows10.0-kb5035849.msu”
wusa.exe /quiet /norestart $msuFilePath

Others have confirmed that manual download indeed works:

I get Download error 0xd0000034
Update: installs fine via catalog download

just confirmed this server 2019 update deploys just fine from on-prem ConfigMgr sources, so the issue seems to be limited to public Windows/Microsoft update sources at the moment.

(my other server 2019 test box that points to WU/MU had the same error code, but downloading from the catalog and installing manually worked fine as others have reported.)

It’s not uncommon for Windows Updates to experience errors, and we already wrote about KB5001716 install errors and KB5036080 being stuck during installation in our previous articles.

Luckily, this update doesn’t have any other problems, and it can be installed with a simple workaround.