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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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I notice nobody from microsoft has weighed into the conversation to give an indication it is acknowledged as an issue and perhaps give an indication of when it might get fixed. I guess its low down their priority list because its annoying but not critical
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WINEVT\Channels\Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager/Admin
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Device Metadata
"PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork"=dword:00000001
What are the ramifications of what Thongchai Wongcheewat recommends?
Should these settings be set back to original once the bad link is fixed?
I don't know how is the issue in your computers. In mine it seems, that would be solved. No more 131 Events to find. Maybe a silent patch installed by our God MS?
Hi WalterBkp Tabax :
What is the version and OS build number of your Windows OS?
I have a Win 10 Pro v22H2 / OS build 19045.4170 machine (fully patched, no Insider Preview builds) and I've had about a dozen of these DeviceSetupManager Event ID 131 errors so far today.
Note that I still have the option at Advanced System Settings | Hardware tab | Device Installation Settings set to the default "Yes" (recommended)" (see the 07-Apr-2024 image <above>) so I'm not surprised to see these errors.
Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4170 * Firefox v124.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24020.7-1.1.24030.4 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.12.323-1.0.2309 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783
I don't know how is the issue in your computers. In mine it seems, that would be solved. No more 131 Events to find. Maybe a silent patch installed by our God MS?
