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

You may wish to read amtinos comments here:  If you check your event log your devices are updating 'albeit a few seconds later than they should be'  this sure is a timing issue on the server:

amtinos comments:  can be found on this link:  https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/04e31d9e-90ec-4d05-94ab-d2b53b026453/metadata-staging-failed-device-setup-manager-eventid-131-0x80070490

and state the following: 

I am currently working with a Level 3 engineer at Microsoft on this issue: They have acknowledged this is a timing issue on their server, they have passed this to the back end team for a resolution.

This has been ongoing since 6th May 2015 - temporary fixes turning off driver updates and changing urls in the registry are not the answer.  The answer is to ask Microsoft to work a little faster on resolving the timing issue they have on their server.  I have been working with them since May, this is not system related.  Please do not make un-necessary changes to your system.

You may receive event id 131 stating that metadata staging failed and devices did not update but if you read your event log in full, a few seconds later the devices do actually update.  This really is a timing issue.

Event Log:

Select Applications and Services

Select Microsoft

Select Windows

Select Device Set up Manager

Now you should see the red errors with event id 131 and underneath that you will the successful update of devices a few seconds later.

This is 'a timing issue on the server' not hardware or software related.

Hope this helps

Hi amtino,

As you may have see on the TechNet Post, Microsoft has declared that it is "Answered" and I am not disagreeing with them. I said so in a post FOR Windows 10.0 Pro Build 10532 here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/04e31d9e-90ec-4d05-94ab-d2b53b026453/metadata-staging-failed-device-setup-manager-eventid-131-0x80070490

Thank You again for your efforts,

Best Regards,

Crysta

It would be helpful to note that along with;

Event Log:

Select Applications and Services

Select Microsoft

Select Windows

Select Device Set up Manager

To add both "Admin" and "Operations"

Crysta

fwiw..

I started having a 131 error and had a good idea what it was..  I just fresh installed again the 10532 build a few days ago.

Realtek card reader here.  Microsoft gives a driver  with the install that's not quite right - I had changed it to an older driver then remembered that realtek has a newer driver so installed it.     I imagine that's when 131 error started.

I uninstalled its driver .. refreshed device manager a couple times ,, so I could uninstall the other two versions completely & following a restart to make sure it had no drivers...  installed the newest and haven't had a 131 since.    So just uninstalling all the 'other' drivers that were not being used anyhow - seems to have gotten rid of that error here.