14 DAY TRIAL // In the last few days, we’ve been reporting an issue with one of the updates that Microsoft released as part of the April 2015 Patch Tuesday cycle and which is still left without a fix on affected systems.
KB3038314 is a botched update that fails to install on Windows 7 and in most of the cases returns an error whose code 80092004 tells almost nothing to users.
While the Windows development team is now working on a fix, which might or might not arrive before the next Patch Tuesday taking place on May 12, users are turning to all kinds of workarounds that could help them address at least part of the issue.
One of the users whose computers were impacted by the issue posted in a Microsoft Community thread, now spanning on 27 pages, that in some cases manually downloading the patch could actually work and successfully complete installation.
Manually downloading KB3038314
If you do want to manually download KB3038314 and try to see if it installs successfully, go to this page and hit the “Download” button in any browser you want.
The patch has a little over 40 MB in size, so it shouldn’t take long before download is complete. Make sure you save your work before starting installation because a reboot is recommended afterwards.
Also, note that Microsoft is offering several versions of the patch for the supported Windows builds on the market, so check twice to make sure you get the correct one.
Some users say that manually downloading the patch makes no difference, in which case they are recommended to give a try to another workaround, which we detailed here.
Microsoft is said to be working on a full fix already, so in case nothing solves your problem, it shouldn’t take any much longer until the company actually delivers its solution for computers impacted by this issue.