[BUG] [Windows CI] CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Ninja"

[marc-hb]

Describe the bug

The Windows build workflow recently started failing intermittently in Github.

CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Ninja".
   CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
In dir: D:\a\sof\sof\workspace; running command:
    cmake -B build-rimage -G Ninja -S 'D:\a\sof\sof\workspace\sof\rimage'

To Reproduce

Unknown

Reproduction Rate

Started rarely bug getting much worse:

• September 20 daily
  1/5 build-windows fail
  https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/actions/runs/6255625447/job/16985259003

• September 21 daily
  5/5 build-windows fail
  https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/actions/runs/6268589962

Useful context in:

• Update/Add Ninja actions/runner-images#741

[marc-hb]

I had a look at the logs of about 30 recent Windows builds.

• All the ones that passed listed Windows image version 20230910.1 in their initial "Setup" step.
  https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20230910.1/images/win/Windows2022-Readme.md

• All the ones that failed listed more recent Windows image version 20230918.1 in their initial "Setup" step.
  https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20230918.1/images/win/Windows2022-Readme.md

[marc-hb]

choco install ninja seems to work

• [SKIP SOF-TEST] .github: build-windows: choco install ninja #8254

[kv2019i]

CI tests now green, closing.