ah… these one… its a while ago…
May be 0x800f0984 is kind of windows update component issue. There are some services which can be stopped and then SoftwareDistribution can be cleaned, but have’nt all in mind at the moment ( bits, wuauserv ,… ) .
Done quick-search in forum about wua… and found
( see within these “try” in original post )
These look like what I had in mind, but not sure about “completeness” and there are possible similar topics in “big world”.
Of course, also try to disable Anti-Virus tool, who knows 