Unable to install KB5044281 on Windows Server 2022 21H2. Error 0x800f0982

[IDisposable]

Also would not install previous cumulative updates.

Did all the cleaning steps and completely reset SoftwareDistribution before reinstall attempt.

Component Scanner run

Loading registry hive from C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS
Parsing loaded hive, please wait...
hbin header incorrect at absolute offset 0x2628000!!! Percent done: 99.75%
Hive parsed successfully - found 70,968 keys and 222,290 values
Starting corruption scan
Performing regedit load test
Scanning CanonicalData\Catalog for corruptions
Scanning CanonicalData\Deployments for corruptions
Scanning DerivedData\Components for corruptions
Scanning VersionedIndex\...\ComponentFamilies for corruptions
Checking WinSxS catalogs against CanonicalData\Catalogs
Checking WinSxS components against DerivedData\Components
Checking f! marks
Checking manifests
Found 2 inconsistencies between WinSxS and COMPONENTS hive
Checking for malformed Deployment keys
Checking CatalogThumbprints & c! marks
4 warnings detected

Subsequent another attempt at reinstall the Component Scanner run looks like. Uploading those as CBS-After.zip and ComponentScanner-After.txt

Loading registry hive from C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS
Hive is currently in use, making backup copy
Parsing loaded hive, please wait...
Sequence numbers do not match! Hive is dirty and the transaction logs should be reviewed for relevant data!
Hive parsed successfully - found 75,369 keys and 233,134 values
Starting corruption scan
Sequence mismatch! Primary = 284629. Secondary = 284628
Scanning CanonicalData\Catalog for corruptions
Scanning CanonicalData\Deployments for corruptions
Scanning DerivedData\Components for corruptions
Scanning VersionedIndex\...\ComponentFamilies for corruptions
Checking WinSxS catalogs against CanonicalData\Catalogs
Checking WinSxS components against DerivedData\Components
Checking f! marks
Checking manifests
Found 793 inconsistencies between WinSxS and COMPONENTS hive
Checking for malformed Deployment keys
Checking CatalogThumbprints & c! marks
795 warnings detected
Generating report

 

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[IDisposable]

Anyone have a clue?