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You're familiar with RPM. Windows has a similar package manager. Windows has something similar for Windows packages only.

It should be called WPM for Windows Package Manager but it's called DISM for Deployment Image Servicing and Management.

Show all Windows packages:

dism /online /get-packages /Format:Table

Find if a certain package is installed:

dism /online /get-packages |findstr KB2919355

Remove package:

dism /online /remove-package /packagename:Package_for_KB2919355~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~~6.3.1.14

Scan to see if there is corruption:

dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

Report if there is corruption:

dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth

Repair if there is corruption:

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Restore to a source image:

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth /source:wim:d:\your\source\here\install.wim:1 /limitaccess

Remove old versions of packages:

dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

Lock in all packages and service-package so that they cannot be uninstalled:

dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup /resetbase