HDD and settings errors?

Badram · Feb 20, 2024

ah, I just saw this now and havent been active on my computer for a week.
did the latest cumulative update fix this issue?
hoping it did, since I don’t like tinkering with stuff, and I never hid the update, so I’m hoping when I get the time, i can install the latest cumulative update without having to worry about that update error causing any interference.

Maxstar · Feb 21, 2024

Hi,

Badram said:
did the latest cumulative update fix this issue?

No, and you should note that there is a difference between Cumulative Updates (LCUs) and specific (OOB) updates like KB5034441.

KB5034441 is being rolled out as an "Windows Recovery Environment" update which is not a part of the monthly LCU's - it's only a separate (security) update for the WinRE partition.
See also this link: KB5034441: Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2: January 9, 2024 - Microsoft Support

Badram said:
so I’m hoping when I get the time, i can install the latest cumulative update without having to worry about that update error causing any interference.

Yes, you can install the latest Cumulative Update and ignore the failure for KB5034441.

Note: If you are worried about doing something wrong, please make always a full backup (system image) first, so you can always restore the system with that mage.

Badram · Feb 27, 2024

Thank you for the answer. Decided to update and everything went fine it seems. Though I noticed the latest update added something called aggregatorhost.exe, so I’m wondering what that is. I saw it running in the task manager which is how I found out about it.

Maxstar · Feb 28, 2024

AggregatorHost.exe is a legit process that is a part of the 'Connected User Experiences and Telemetry' (DiagTrack) service which is being used to collect data form the operating system.

Below the description as shown in services.msc.

The Connected User Experiences and Telemetry service enables features that support in-application and connected user experiences. Additionally, this service manages the event driven collection and transmission of diagnostic and usage information (used to improve the experience and quality of the Windows Platform) when the diagnostics and usage privacy option settings are enabled under Feedback and Diagnostics.

As far as I know, this process is used for several essential parts of Windows like Windows Update, Windows Defender etc. And when AggregatorHost.exe is loaded under svchost.exe it also functions as a sort of 'heart-beat-monitor' while updating the system for example.

Badram · Apr 8, 2024

Thank you!
I’ve not been home much, but I decided today to gather some logs, because my paranoia had been acting up. When I checked, I noticed there was another Edge extension titled “Google docs offline” or something along those lines
I’m not sure when that showed up, or how long it’s been there, but it couldn’t have been me that installed it, since I only use Firefox. Was wondering if it’s a normal thing that was a part of a windows update? I know chrome had it by default iirc.

I also wanted to ask if it was mandatory to keep copilot, or if I could uninstall it, since I don’t really have a use for it.

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HDD and settings errors?

Badram

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Badram

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Badram

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