In an update to the Windows 10 Health Dashboard, Microsoft has acknowledged that this issue is affecting both Windows 10 and Windows server version 1903.

Recently, some Windows 11/10 users reported Update Errors 0x800f0988, 0x80073701, 0x800f081f or 0x800f08a during the installation of a Cumulative Update on their computer.

Third-party devices and apps could interfere with Windows updates, says Patrick Marshall. He also looks at keeping or ditching old Comcast and AOL email addresses.