Windows Update error 80073712 (no luck with SFS, SURT, etc.)

Hoping very much that this isn't a "reinstall Windows" issue... BTW, my forum profile system specs are up to date.

Wednesday, I checked Windows Updates and got the "Windows could not search for new updates" and the error listed is 80073712.

I have tried several things. Among them:

• I have run sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt and rebooted several times.
  
  • Each run resulted in "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."
  • I am attaching my zipped CBS.log. FWIW, the string [SR] does not appear anywhere in it.
  
  
• This may have been a poor call on my part, but I found a reference to an MS tool, EasyFix (MicrosoftEasyFix50202.msi) that I ran. I think it was supposed to clear clutter from the WU database. I am wishing I had waited on that. FWIW, I had tried all of the other steps below before trying the EasyFix.
• I have run the System Update Readiness Tool (Windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x64.msu).
  
  • Each time, the "Windows Update Standalone Installer" asks if I want to install a Hotfix for Windows (KB947821, image attached). I say Yes and it downloads and installs something, pausing for a couple minutes near the end of the progress bar, then giving the "Installation Complete" message and leaving me with the option to close it.
  • If I try to run Windows Update and check for updates after (per this MS link), I get the same 80073712 error as before.
  • If I run the SURT msu file again, it happily goes through the same process.
  • I have attached the CheckSUR.log and CheckSUR.persist.log files.
  
  
• I have tried running DISM from an elevated command prompt without much luck.
  
  • Any of the following ...
    
    • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
    • dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
    • dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth
    
    
  • All result in Error: 87, "The cleanup-image option is unknown."
  • Note that the DISM version shows as "Version: 6.1.7600.16385" and "Image Version: 6.1.7601.18489". At the command prompt, ver returns "Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]".
  • The DISM.log is zipped and attached.
  
  

Any advice on a next step is appreciated. I was actually hoping to ghost the SSD drive on this system to a larger one, as the current one has fallen below 20 GB. But, I don't want to do that with WU not functioning.

BTW, there was a typo in the subject line of my original post. SFS should have been SFC. Apologies for that. Apparently, I can't change that on my own, but I would be happy if a mod could.

Well, no replies so far. If there is some information I forgot to post or if there is some other thread that already solves my problem, please let me know.

ThrashZone, thank you for that suggestion. I downloaded the Dism++ 64 package, let it update itself. And then ran the scan as suggested. It found a .NET update to install and installed it (see attached image). After that, I rebooted the machine and ran Dism++ again for another scan and it says, "Computer has already installed the latest updates."

However, when I run Windows Update and "Check for updates", I still get the Code 80073712 error.

I guess the Repair Install is my next step then. I was hoping to avoid the potential pain of reinstalling drivers, which I have heard can be lost during a repair.

Thank you for the link to Dism++. That will save some time.