OS Deployment failing to install applications for known machines

Late last week our existing task sequences started failing to install any applications for existing machines.  If it is a brand new machine (or if i delete the client record), the task sequence will work as expected, but if the machine already exists in ConfigMgr, any and all applicatiions fail.  I have included some of the SMSTS.log file:
 
Converting input value from 19 to 3
Policy complied successfully in WMI 'root\ccm\policy\defaultmachine\requestedconfig' namespace
End TS policy compilation
Start to compile TS policy
objectList.size() > 0, HRESULT=8000ffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,2288)
No policy to compile[/style]
End TS policy compilation
TS::Utility::CompileXMLPolicy( c_szRequestedConfigNS, sPolicyID, sPolicyVersion, c_szTSPolicySource, sPolicyRuleID, sPolicyData ), HRESULT=8000ffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,2741)
Failed to compile Version info policy (policy id: ScopeId_317331F1-1FDD-4B79-8795-DDACD2323BA9/AuthList_98EED485-ED5B-4F13-97A8-8CE296EE0648/VI), hr=0x8000ffff[/style]
TS::Utility::CompileVersionInfoPolicies(), HRESULT=8000ffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\installapplication\installapplication.cpp,933)
Step 2 out of 2 complete
Install application action failed: 'Symantec Endpoint Protection'. Error Code 0x8000ffff[/style]
Sending error status message
   Setting URL = http://SERVERNAME, Ports = 80,443, CRL = false
   Setting Server Certificates.
   Setting Authenticator.
Set authenticator in transport
   Setting Media Certificate.
Sending StatusMessage
Setting message signatures.
Setting the authenticator.
CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: URL: SERERNAME:80  CCM_POST /ccm_system/request
Request was succesful.
Install application action cannot continue. ContinueOnErrorFlag is set to false.[/style]
hrInstallation, HRESULT=8000ffff[/style] (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\installapplication\installapplication.cpp,799)
pInstall->InstallApplications(saAppNames, sContinueOnError), HRESULT=8000ffff (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\installapplication\main.cpp,277)
Install Static Applications failed, hr=0x8000ffff[/style]
Process completed with exit code 2147549183
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!
Failed to run the action: Install Symantec Enpoint Protection. [/style]
Catastrophic failure (Error: 8000FFFF; Source: Windows)[/style]
 
 
If I delete the record for the client and start the OSD process again, all applications will install.  Then if i PXE boot the machine again, applications will again fail to install. 
 
They fail if the application is defined directly in the task sequence or if they are set by a list.

Resolved...turned out to be a Software Update deployment that had all the updates removed from it.  When it was attempting to download the policy for that deployment it was erroring out.  Deleted the deployment and all is well again.