Thanks for posting back with your solution Ken, much appreciated.

After that, the regular DISM command completed and scannow was able to do a scan, find corrupt files, repair them and after a second run, found no issues.

Hope this helps someone else.

# Relaunch as Administrator if not already elevated
if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] “Administrator”)) {
Write-Host “Restarting script with administrative privileges…”
Start-Process powershell “-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `”$PSCommandPath`”” -Verb RunAs
exit
}

Write-Host “Starting DISM health restore…” -ForegroundColor Cyan
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Write-Host “”
Write-Host “DISM completed. Press Enter to continue to SFC…” -ForegroundColor Yellow
Read-Host

Write-Host “Running System File Checker…” -ForegroundColor Cyan
sfc /scannow

Write-Host “”
Write-Host “All operations completed. Press Enter to close this window.” -ForegroundColor Green
Read-Host

I had the same problem. Try turning off your VPN. Worked for me. Hope it works for you too.

This is a common issue that usually indicates Component Store corruptions.
Try this:

Download the portable freeware called FixWin 11: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/fixwin_11.html
Create a System Restore Point or, better still, create and save a system image backup
Extract the files and then run the extracted executable
Select “System Fixes” (from the left hand panel)
At the top of the list of fixes you’ll see “Windows Component Store is corrupt. Repair it suing Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM)”
Click the Fix button associated with that option

If that doesn’t fix it, suggest you take this over to the DCT Forum where we can provide further assistance.