Update.
I just deleted all the folders in c:\windows\softwaredistribution
retried the same update
5:14:14 27-Feb-2023
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800F0922: 2023-02 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5022834).
However this time I noticed something that I hadn't seen before in application eventviewer
5:14:24 27-Feb-2023
Application: Dell.D3.WinSvc.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Management.ManagementException
at System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(System.Management.ManagementStatus)
at System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection+ManagementObjectEnumerator.MoveNext()
at Dell.D3.Core.Helpers.AlienwareHelper.IsAlienware()
at Dell.D3.Core.Constants+LocalSettings.get_WindowsServiceName()
at Dell.D3.WinSvc.Service..ctor()
at Dell.D3.WinSvc.Program.Main()
Faulting application name: Dell.D3.WinSvc.exe, version: 5.0.64.0, time stamp: 0x63695463
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.2193, time stamp: 0x7f7062e1
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000000000002cd29
Faulting process id: 0xcd0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d94af8d929b8d8
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell Digital Delivery Services\Dell.D3.WinSvc.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 1248a75b-e789-4550-85da-df5daf9d3309
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS Not able to add %windir%\winsxs\pending.xml to WER report. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS Not able to add %windir%\winsxs\pending.xml.bad to WER report. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS Reporting package change completion for package: Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.2604.1.10, current: Staged, original: Staged, target: Installed, status: 0x80041002, failure source: CSI Other, failure details: "(null)", client id: UpdateAgentLCU, initiated offline: False, execution sequence: 153, first merged sequence: 153, pending decision: Unknown, primitive execution context: Shutdown
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS The store corruption status report is incomplete. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS Unable to gather perf datapoints because there are no active sessions.
2023-02-27 17:13:26, Info CBS Failed to report package change completion for pending package: Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.2604.1.10, execution sequence: 153 [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2023-02-27 17:13:28, Info CBS Startup: Package: Windows-Defender-Nis-Group-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1 completed startup processing, new state: Installed, original: Installed, targeted: Installed. hr = 0x800f0826
2023-02-27 17:13:28, Info CBS Startup: Package: Windows-Defender-Nis-Group-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1 completed startup processing, new state: Installed, original: Installed, targeted: Installed. hr = 0x800f0826
2023-02-27 17:13:28, Info CBS Startup: Package: WindowsSearchEngineSKU-Group-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1 completed startup processing, new state: Installed, original: Installed, targeted: Installed. hr = 0x800f0826
2023-02-27 17:13:28, Info CBS Startup: Package: WindowsSearchEngineSKU-Group-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1 completed startup processing, new state: Installed, original: Installed, targeted: Installed. hr = 0x800f0826
2023-02-27 17:13:29, Info CBS Saved last global progress. Current: 0, Limit: 1, ExecuteState: ExecuteStateNone
2023-02-27 17:13:29, Info CBS Startup: Retrying failed packages.
2023-02-27 17:13:29, Info CBS Startup: Processing complete. [HRESULT = 0x800f0922 - CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED]