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
    2024-06-26T19:29:35+00:00

    Doubtful. Just stop doing driver updates through MisterSoftee. Your USB driver is unlikely to change in the next year. Method to turn off the automatic updates is on page one of this thread.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T18:50:56+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-08T02:49:09+00:00

    OK, I FIXED IT! I where the microsoft drivers!!!! I bought a plexar sd card reader and i gave me nothing but problems and there where no drivers on their website since it was plug and play/ I also had no driver updates from my motherboard so i had to do it with the standard microsoft usb drivers. I was getting random disconnects and reconnects and it showed me error 131 and also disk error telling the the drives where showing identical information and gave me meta data problems. I was about to send this thing back because i thought it was broken.... but then i tried this orbit driver scanner and it showed the a update for the usb drivers from a microsoft driver to a different brand and after a reboot i had zero problems and card reader working fine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-06T22:17:06+00:00

    Turning this off fixed it also for me. To be honest i have nothing but trouble with the windows 11 updates last half year or so. First it messed up my nvidia drivers and it took months to get it solved and now this.....

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-13T16:38:19+00:00

    Tried turning Device Installation settings back on after shutting it off a few months ago per recommendations in this thread.

    Instant flood of errors in Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager/Admin

    Turned back off...fixed.

    Guess I check back in a few months again.

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