Multiple errors in Event Viewer: EventID 131 from DeviceSetupManager since September 12, 2014

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Hello,

Since September 12, 2014 I receive multple errors in Event Viewer from DeviceSetupManager.

Sample error looks like this:

Metadata staging failed, result={E9031C57-C25D-8227-E390-3662BD05D0CB} for container '0x80070490'

This error occurs when the Metadata Refresh in \Microsoft\Windows\Device Setup scheduled task is run or when accessing Control Panel -> Devices and Printers when Device Installation Settings are set to "Recommended" or are set to "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacturer".

What I believe happens is Windows attempts to contact a Microsoft web server to obtain additional information about a device (custom icon for example) and this process had started to fail for me since September 12, 2014. More details on it can be found on this page.

Looking at the Debug logs of Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager I can see the following error:

Job (13) has completed for device container '{3c7878f1-bc70-523d-b17c-7aaf5253f81a}', status=Hard Error

Looking at the network traffic, I can see communication using HTTP protocol with Microsoft server which returns HTTP 301 (page has been moved).

SFC /scannow returns no errors. All the latest Windows Updates are installed. I've already tried to remove %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataCache folder to no avail.

Does anybody else see this error message and what can I do to fix the problem?

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Anonymous

I just checked ... seems the original url works fine now. Thanks Emkay1001 !

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Anonymous

2015-05-10T22:32:52+00:00

Right click on Windows logo in the bottom left corner, then select "run" and type "regedit" (without quotes). Click "OK". Regedit will open. Now go to "Edit" (it's in the top left corner of regedit window next to "File"), click on it, and then click on "Find...". Type "DeviceMetadataServiceURL" (again without quotes) then click "Find next". Wait a few seconds and you can now see "DeviceMetadataServiceURL" in the right panel. Right click on "DeviceMetadataServiceURL" and select "Modify...". Copy and paste the new address "http://dmd.metaservices.microsoft.com/dms/metadata.svc" (always without quotes) in place of the old one. Before executing this last passage, you may want to copy the old address and save it in the notepad, in case you should experience any problems (there shouldn't be any at all) and you'd like to revert back to your previous setting. Now close the registry and you are done. Restart system. Event viewer and everything else should be finally fine.

Blessings and all the best

This worked great for me. Now whether I plug a new USB peripheral in or start the PC, I no longer get this 131 Event Error. Thanks Marcus!
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Anonymous

2014-09-20T17:42:55+00:00

Hi

I can also confirm that I restored my Laptop today and everything is working correctly with the original url:

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the thread and used the temporary fix.
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Anonymous

2014-09-20T10:01:16+00:00

ah ty..no it was set to automatic.
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Anonymous

2014-09-20T09:35:40+00:00

The Device Setup Manager is supposed to be set to Manual (Trigger Start). It is supposed to be started by Windows when Windows needs it (see more here) so by default it's not running.

Do you have the service set to Manual (Trigger Start)?
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