I just checked ... seems the original url works fine now. Thanks Emkay1001 !
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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2016-03-13T04:34:04+00:00 To the best of my knowledge Windows 8.1 will continue to receive updates and support. IE11 will continue to receive updates. Windows 8 runs on IE 10 and will not receive any further security updates or support.
If anyone knows any different I will stand corrected.
Kind Regards
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Anonymous
2016-03-12T10:28:13+00:00 Happens with win10 too, so its .. just one of those things.
sometimes changing in device manager the hard drive controller driver version can fix it here in win10.
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Anonymous
2016-03-12T02:00:00+00:00 AM, do you know if that "finish" includes 8.1 Pro as well as 8 ?
Maybe that's why MS level 3 TS abandoned me.
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2016-03-10T19:51:25+00:00 Yes I have spent many months working with Microsoft on this issue, so rest assured they are aware of it and yes they did fix it in October a coupe of weeks before daylight saving but then it went by the wayside again shortly after. Like you, I am waiting to see what happens when daylight saving changes this month but I am not holding out much hope of a [permanent fix as recently the message from Microsoft was 'support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 finished on'12th January 2016, so I guess that says 'tough' what isn't fixed wont be fixed for all users of these 2 operating systems.