0x8007000D

This error will be presented by the Windows Update settings panel, but it will be accompanied by 0x8024200B in the Windows Event Log.

Cause

This is caused by system files that are "corrupt" or that have been replaced. For me, this was policy files in C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions which had been replaced in the base image of the system.

Diagnosing

To diagnose your specific issue look in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. You will find lines like below:

2023-01-11 12:08:10, Error CSI 0000001a (F) Hydration failed for component Microsoft-Windows-CloudExperienceHostBroker, version 10.0.17763.3887, arch amd64, nonSxS, pkt {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35} on file CloudExperienceHostBroker.dll with NTSTATUS -2146498170[gle=0x80004005]

2023-01-11 12:08:10, Error CSI 0000001b@2023/1/11:11:08:10.200 (F) Attempting to mark store corrupt with category [l:18 ml:19]'CorruptPayloadFile'[gle=0x80004005]

2023-01-11 12:08:10, Info CSI 0000001c Hashes for file member [l:29]'CloudExperienceHostBroker.dll' do not match.

Expected: {l:32 ml:4096 b:c70b584dd269b3136cd079a7435ebd6b720a791d7527bf1749955626b0042ddf}.

Actual: {l:32 b:727d1b5374871c6ee31614a8e024ff3aa9bd59aed7d8bf668e6e46c0d057e999}.

The "Hydration failed" message will be the main thing to look for, and in that block it will tell you the file name it has issue with. You will need to find that file name and then work out why it might be broken. Typically sfc or dism can be used to rectify this situation but if you are on an offline machine the repair process will be more manual.

In the failure message could be a hash mismatch and a file name, you can search the filesystem for that name using traditional methods or search the filesystem for the issue file name and issue hash with the following PowerShell:

Get-Childitem -Path C:\ -Include "WindowsExplorer.adml" -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 | fl

You may find the issue file in a traditional system directory and you can try replacing it with a known good copy (validate the hash to know what is a good copy).

If the finding is in C:\Windows\WinSxS, I was able to fix a box by replacing the specific file with a known good copy as well.