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
    2024-01-24T20:30:23+00:00

    You can try an in-place update which fixes many Windows problems. I had asimiar problem about 2 weeks ago and this fixed it: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/6000015-repair-install-of-windows-10-22h2/#post-2582939

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T19:52:27+00:00

    Awesome work, thanks! Are you happy to respond with the ticket number you raised?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T00:24:17+00:00

    Only time will tell but my confidence level in these large organizations is really low.

    My response so far is to depend on their products as little as possible and back up everything offline.

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  4. lmacri 2,505 Reputation points
    2024-01-16T15:30:23+00:00

    I turned off automatic updates and reported it to Microsoft. Still not fixed so I won't update.

    Hi Dianne Schattner:

    Did you try the workaround posted on 23-Dec-2023 <here> on page 1 of this thread (i.e., changing the Device Installation Settings to "No" in your Advanced System Settings) stop your DeviceSetupManager Event ID 131 errors? This temporary workaround should stop these Event ID 131 errors without having to disable Windows Update ***, which could leave your unpatched system vulnerable to exploit.

    A bug fix for these DeviceSetupManager Event ID 131 errors is likely a low priority for Microsoft since the majority of Win 10 users haven't reported any adverse side effects like high CPU activity, BSODs, etc. when these Event ID 131 errors are logged in their Event Viewer. Many Win 10 users, including myself, have also had a Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider Event ID 2545 error logged daily in their Event Viewer since late 2022 (see DonT5's 27-Oct-2022 Event 2545 "Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider" for one example) and at this point I doubt that Microsoft will ever fix that particular Event ID 2545 error since it has no impact on system performance.

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    *** Please note that if you have a Win 10 OS and restart your Windows Updates that you might see KB5034441 (Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2, released 09-Jan-2024*) fail to install with the error message "0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE". This error indicates you have insufficient free space on your Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition to install the update. Microsoft has acknowledged this problem and the* Known Issues section of the KB5034441 release notes states that "We are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release." See Microsoft Security MVP Susan Bradley's 09-Jan-2024 post 0x80070643 – ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE with KB5034441 and 14-Jan-2024 Quick Video to Showcase How to Hide KB5034441 on the AskWoody.com site for more information.

    Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.3803 * Firefox v121.0.1 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.23110.3-1.1.23110.2 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.8.311-1.0.2242 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T05:15:56+00:00

    I did set it to "no" and I did stop THOSE errors and BSOD's, but now I am getting new errors and crashes. I purchased all the parts through PC Part picker, here is the link to those parts. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/P4PmL9  A good friend of mine built it for me live on Twitch, so i watched the entire build and testing AND packaging. I ended up getting 2 of the listed hard drives and installed my 2 hard drives from my old computer into it. My old computer was not old, so the 2 extra hard drives were just a model or 2 lower then the ones listed here. So a total of 4 hard drives with 2 TBs each. Also, there are a total of 8 fans in the tower, 5 are 180mm case fans and the other 3 are 140mm and are seated inside of the Dark Rock pro cpu cooler.

    I know the newer amd cpu's are a bit touchy but this is crazy. Thank you for your response, I will post in Bleepings support board tomorrow, Im sick to death of troubleshooting this thing and just want to go game for as long as it will let me. lol.

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