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
    2024-01-23T22:46:53+00:00

    Hello hello! I haven't seen much talk about Win11 with this problem but whoo boy, is it ever there. It began for me on Jan 11 at 11pm Eastern US and has progressed from Warnings to Errors. I've had my PC lock up and needed to perform a hard shut down four times since then - it would appear all of my I/O is impacted; I can't wake my PC using any USB device and if I unplug and re-plug any of them they lose power delivery. This is really strange because before I disconnect and reconnect - they are all powered!

    You can see in the screenshot where I turned the Device Installation Settings off and so far I haven't had an error or warning. I'll continue to monitor the situation. Thank you all for putting this info out there - I was losing my mind as I hadn't actively installed anything new.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-25T21:50:37+00:00

    There is nothing to understand. Microsoft sucks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-14T06:42:14+00:00

    I just bought and built a new PC and gave it to myself for christmas!! $3500 later....Microsoft turned it into coal and I beyond disgusted with their lack of help with a very serious problem. ESPECIALLY one that can be fixed with simply fixing a URL! This problem has me getting 4 or 5 BSOD a day. IM SICK OF IT! Ok rant over...But all jokes aside, for every 20 "warnings" I get in event viewer (A connection to the Windows Metadata and Internet Services (WMIS) could not be established) I get 2 errors for (Metadata staging failed, result= blah blah blah) Sometimes a BSOD is thrown in there just to keep things exciting. I am begging you Microsoft...please fix it!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-22T22:09:28+00:00

    Is there a way to fix this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-23T23:56:30+00:00

    Hi,

    I used my organization's enterprise support contract and opened a case for this, asking 3rd level Microsoft Support to please fix this for the all human beings on Planet Earth. It was escalated to the Drivers & Updates division after having a team of support engineers watch me demonstrate how long it takes to add and remove printers and then how instantaneously they add and remove when you disable Metadata Staging by disabling the Driver Updates option under the Hardware tab of the Advanced System settings. Really drove home the fact that Microsoft labelled the OFF option as "not recommended for proper system operation".

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