Yup I tried that too from that exact reddit thread too lol. I tried everything that one of the users listed so I am assuming I will just have to wait until Microsoft sends out another update/patch. This is ridiculous though...
Device Setup Manager Metadata staging failed Event ID 131
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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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2024-01-25T03:10:25+00:00 Hi thank you for this info. Looks like 131 error stopped after I did the work around you suggested but there are still other errors (202, 200, 112, 201)
My graphics driver is up to date I even uninstalled and reinstalled. Rolled back an install as well. All I know is this started after updating it in November. It crashes even when simply on chrome.
There is also something happening with the GameInput service that was causing me some headaches.
Followed the top response on this Reddit thread to eliminate the errors. Could be something you are running into?
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Anonymous
2024-01-25T02:41:52+00:00 Hi thank you for this info. Looks like 131 error stopped after I did the work around you suggested but there are still other errors (202, 200, 112, 201)
My graphics driver is up to date I even uninstalled and reinstalled. Rolled back an install as well. All I know is this started after updating it in November. It crashes even when simply on chrome.
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Anonymous
2024-01-25T00:25:02+00:00 Sorry I missed the.bit about Win11. I have not and will never use Wiin11 so I shouldn’t even have replied. I apologize for the confusion.
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Anonymous
2024-01-24T23:59:23+00:00 So install windows 10 and then update to windows 11 again? I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing :) I also installed the windows update they pushed out this morning and it seems to be working slightly better but still got the BSOD again a little earlier after trying to open youtube.