Michael the update patches WinRE so it's compatible with a future certification revocation for Secure Boot

So, I am not willing to skip it. I suspect I know what has happened. It appears at one point WinRE was the first partition. Microsoft change this layout at some point but after I installed Windows on two of my machines

It's the only explanation I can think of

I have a VM that I can check. If that also has WinRE has the first partition then at some point in the past it was the first partition. It likely changed only recently when WinRE had to be patched.

Ah, so the update won't install if Windows was installed on the machine before Microsoft changed the layout?

No, the uipdate won't install because it patches WinRE. If the partition size is smaller then the new image of WinRE it fails. At some point a new WinRE partition was created since I have two but that new WInRE is still to small/

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I figured it out

Virtual Disk service wasn't running

I awhile ago disabled a ton of services and put my system in game mode

been cleaning up after that mistake for months

or i think thats the issue

I still have the error so that sucks

Does Microsoft provide official instructions for how to apply this patch?

@Michael - Yes

I am sorry, I can't answer questions and try to solve my own problem. You don't seem to be familiar with what I am talking about. I can't help you.

@Ramhound Hi sorry, I'm Oak!