Windows 11 23H2, files corrupted, can't install KB5044285, sfc / dism doesn't work

[spirogg]

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Windows version: Windows 11 23H2 (22631.3447)

So I started to get a lot of BSoDs recently.
Googling them (they are mostly kernel-mode exception related / structure corruption related) told me that my RAM can be faulty, so
I scanned it using Windows built-in tools, but it didn't found any corruptions. Then I tried to use sfc /scannow, but it failed.
I tried DISM commands to repair and rebuild different databases, but they also failed.

Then I looked at Windows Update Center and found out that it had started to fail to install recent updates with following codes:
1. KB5044033 - 0x800700C1
2. KB5044285 - 0x80248007


Step #1 - Run SFC Scan

Executing sfc /scannow results in following message:

Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.

Tried manually starting the services, but it didn't work.


Step #2 - Run SURT/DISM

Executing Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth results in following message (after getting stuck for some time on 62.3%):

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.22621.2792


Image Version: 10.0.22631.2861

[===========================84.9%=================         ]

[===========================86.7%==================        ]

[===========================88.7%===================       ]

[===========================90.5%====================      ]

[==========================100.0%==========================]

Error: 0x800f081f


The source files could not be found.

Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.


The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Step #3 - Run ComponentsScanner

No errors, only 2 warnings. See attached file.

 

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