This may or may not help - analysis of a DISM log.

● Yes — this is a real lead. The Intel Arc Software orphan is exactly the kind of upstream rot that can make a subsequent KB5083769 install hang, even if it's not the direct cause. Here's the connection

Why this matters for the KB5083769 freeze:

When DISM processes a cumulative update on Windows 11 24H2+, it enumerates provisioned Appx packages as part of the servicing transaction to figure out what needs updating or migration. If it encounters an orphaned package (registration still present, files missing), it hits

the same 0x80070002 enumeration error your log shows — and depending on the code path, that can:

- Stall the servicing transaction while DISM retries the read

- Cause CBS to hold its session lock longer than it should

- Interact badly with concurrent Appx manager calls (which Dell, Intel, and Windows all run on schedules)

- Not actually fail hard — just make the install much slower, which presents as "frozen"

That matches exactly what we're seeing: DISM enters Phase 6, disappears for 20+ min, people assume it's frozen. Maybe some of those "frozen" devices were actually churning through Appx enumeration errors the whole time.

Your other findings:

- PSv2 probe noise — agreed, ignore. Almost certainly Defender or a compliance baseline scanner. Not worth chasing during this patch cycle.

- Time_InternalToPublic noise — agreed, benign.

- Truncated RestoreHealth at 14:06:17 on 2026-04-21 — that's almost certainly the manual repair run you did on the device that "may have been fixed." Confirms the repair did proceed past the error chain rather than choking on it.

Concrete action — add an orphaned-Appx pre-flight

Detect orphaned provisioned Appx packages before the DISM install and log which ones are broken. Safe enumeration only, no auto-remove (risk: removing a package that's legitimately present but enumeration failed would break user functionality). Then the tier-2 repair script

does the actual cleanup if needed.