Device Setup Manager Metadata staging failed Event ID 131

Anonymous
2023-12-08T03:12:46+00:00

I did KB 890830, KB5032339, KB5032189 and KB4023057 today and on reboot after updating I started getting many of the event id 131 Device Setup Manager Metadata staging failed.  I would get the code 131 when plugging in my backup USB external.  Even when using USB thumb drive- this never happen prior to today's update.  Also, lots of the Event ID on boot. Never had these prior to the update. I am on WIndows 10 PRo, 22H2, OS Build 19045.3693, Dell OPtiplex 64 bit, 12GB memory and 500GB disk.

I got to looking at the registry for devicemedadataserviceURL.  I went to that URL (go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=252669&clcid=0x409) and got redirected  as site not available to  dmd.metaservices.microsoft.com where I pressed continue and got a 505 Bad Gateway error.

And then just for the heck of it I did a DISM with /checkhealth and all was good, did DISM with /scanhealth and it said all was fine.  Even did sfc /scannow and chkdsk, all was well. NO system files missing or disk problems.

Then I did some thinking (which can be dangerous)  Booting or adding external drives got many of the 131 errors.  However when I disconnect from the internet and boot system or add external drives-  I GOT NO ERRORS Event code131. 

Between all this, I believe our friends at Microsoft have a bad pointer. in the registry entry devicemedadataserviceURL. 

I did an image of system prior to updating, thought about restore and still considering.  All is working fine, I tried all devices and all are working.  I shouldn't look at that event log!  I just today after the mentioned above updates started getting these errors. 

I should add going to control Panel, search for Device Installation, select change device installation setting to NO- does fix the error.  Tested, reboot or adding external drive no longer gets the 131 error.  Now is this a good idea, I don't know, I am not that up on computers anymore.  I retired in 2003 after 38 years as system software tech on mainframes.  Was certified also for Microsoft, but a lot changed since then and I really don't attempt to keep up.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-08T18:32:42+00:00

    I still have this issue... My computer hangs and I have to manually press the reset button.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-05T11:30:51+00:00

    “We’re Microsoft. We don’t have to care.”

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-24T10:33:29+00:00

    I fully agree with you - the fix-as-you-go strategy creates a potential wake of other (and potential unknown issues). In fact, thats why I chose the gpedit strategy to allow me to cleanly remove them. And I wound up doing what you did remove them. I also tried to use a third party driver updater which is good, but doesn't prevent the errors. Clearly this is a known, ageing Microsoft bug. Not sure if it complex bug, deep in their code or simply not a priority for them to fix.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T16:06:21+00:00

    Please fix this problem, it occurs also on my laptop. As result of this, I always have ding sound from my computer which is very annoying. My laptop resources are also wasted due to this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T00:35:38+00:00

    I’m 72. Been using Winders machines since NT4.0. Then it was on to XP, 7, and 10. The XP machine is being kept alive with spit and bailing wire and is disconnected from the net just to run MatLab.

    I’m too old for this stuff, have a life (what’s left of it) and will do like everyone else who has a life and buy Apple when support for Windows 10 ends.

    This level of support is what I’ve come to expect.

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