Windows 10: Cant do a windows update, reinstall windows or run sfc or dism. 0x800703f1 - ERROR_BADDB

my cbs log is filled with [HRESULT = 0x800703f1 - ERROR_BADDB] errors. I just want to update my windows pc, or at least be able to reinstall windows. Every time i tried to do a repair install, it get to the updates part and fails. Reboots and states undoing chages made. I've tried sfc and it states:Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation. DISM states:[== 3.8% ] Error: 1009 The configuration registry database is corrupt. The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.logMy cbs log shows no corruption.

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Can't get SFC and DISM to work anymore on Win10

Ok, can someone help me out because this crap is starting to piss me off. There was once a time when you could simply run SFC and DISM to check Windows files integrity and if there were any problems found with the local files, Windows repaired it automatically. The reason why I want to run this is because I'm getting stupendously huge amount of errors and warnings in Event Viewer, but I don't want to run refresh because it'll mess up tons of apps.

Commands I used:
sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Fast forward few years and we now have glorious Windows 10. Trying to run the same tools, they find errors but stubbornly refuse to fix ANYTHING. What's the god damn point of it then?

Sfc finds issues but can't repair them and DISM constantly bitches how it can't find the source. All this used to work directly in Windows 7, but in Win 10, nothing. This was one of the best features to get OS back in good state and they go and ruin it. Because Microsoft!

I've checked this thread:
https://social.technet.microsoft.co...sfc-failed-to-repair?forum=win10itprohardware

Nothing worked. And they keep mentioning install.wim where my Windows image downloaded from Microsoft itself! only carries install.esd which I can't seem to use with anything.

I've also tried this tool:
https://dismgui.codeplex.com/releases/view/133331

Which again wants .wim file and refuses to work with esd.

 

Windows 10 Update Center gives me error 0x800703f1


For the last month and a half I've been getting error 0x800703f1 while trying to update Windows 10 Pro x64 (KB3105210, KB3087040, KB3106932 and the new Treshold 2 to be exact). Manual installation failed at Step 2. I tried EVERYTHING. From SFC to DISM, from Deleting stuff in SoftwareDistribution to using Windows Update troubleshooter. NOTHING helped. Is there any way to fix this without having to reinstall my entire OS because I have some valuable information on my PC which I DON'T want to lose. I really would appreciate if someone would help me out here

 

How to get damn DISM to work?

you need to run DISM first before running SFC
SFC query's the local component stores to make repairs
DISM is targeted for rebuilding the component stores and a offline image the 'live' section is still handled by SFC in some cases
except on windows 8.1 and up because they changed it
but only for certain files and only if x part of the store is corrupt
so yea pretty confusing eh