Device Setup Manager Metadata staging failed Event ID 131

This is the problem:

This reg key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Device Metadata\DeviceMetaDataServiceURL

Points to this URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409Which then redirects to this URL: https://devicemetadataservice.trafficmanager.net/dms/metadata.svc

The 2nd URL is broken and this has happened many times before, going all the way back to Windows 7 in 2015.

Microsoft needs to fix this. It has been noticed in Germany that it started happening after installation of the 2023-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5032288) and the 2023-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5032189). Don't know about Windows 8.1. Windows 7 systems are EOL and get no patches without an extended license.

In addition to that regedit change mentioned in one of the other replies, the Metadata Staging (used for many things, not just print queues) can also be disabled by going into Windows Settings, then select System, then select About (lower left-Windows 10), then Advanced System Settings (on the right-side), then select the Hardware tab, then click the Device Installation Settings button. In the popup box that appears, you can change it from YES (recommended) to NO (your device might not work as expected). In a Windows Server OS, it is a slightly different process to get to Advanced System Settings.

Now I don't know about you but, for me, I would prefer that Microsoft gets off its behind and fixes the URL, once again... Then I can expect my device to work "as expected"). Capiche?!?

Changing the regkey or changing the system setting are both quick fixes and they are NOT acceptable options to me...

Hi Tufrustrated:

See the workaround suggested by DiverJer in the original post of this thread, which I've modified for clarity and posted below. I have also seen this workaround suggested in threads in various Windows 10 forums.

1. Open your Advanced System Settings by going to Settings | System | About and select the Advanced System Settings link (under Related Settings). You can also open a Run dialog box and enter sysdm.cpl or simply search for "Advanced System Settings" from the search box on your taskbar.
2. Choose the Hardware tab and click the Device Installation Settings button.
3. For the question "Do you want to automatically download manufacturers' apps and custom icons available for your devices?" select "No (your device might not work as expected)" and then click Save Changes.

However, see the 05-Dec-2023 post by Microsoft Agent Hahn - MSFT in Don T5's Getting multiple Event ID error 131 Device Set-up Manager which warns that:

"... Disabling the Device Installation Settings is indeed a workaround, but keep in mind that it also prevents automatic driver installations and updates*. While this may stop the specific errors you were encountering, it's not a long-term solution, especially if you want to ensure that your system is up-to-date with the latest drivers for optimal performance and security.*"

These DeviceSetupManager Event ID 131 errors in my Event Viewer are annoying but they don't seem to be causing any obvious problems on my Win 10 laptop (e.g., like high CPU activity) and they aren't serious enough to be logged in my Reliability Monitor, so I've decided to leave my Device Installation Settings as "Yes (recommended)" and wait to see if Microsoft eventually fixes the problem.

Also note that Don T5 has filed a bug report at https://aka.ms/AAo1su9 about these DeviceSetupManager Event ID 131 errors via the Microsoft’s Feedback Hub app. If you have the Feedback Hub app on your system (my Win 10 laptop shipped from the factory with this app preinstalled) then be sure to go to that bug report and give it an Upvote. The more votes this bug report gets the more attention it will get from the Microsoft software developers.

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Absolutely. Broken redirect. You’d think it’d be https too.

How can they not know their link is broken? Unless — and I’m just spitballing here — they don’t have PCs and use Apple exclusively.

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

Don’t go messing around in the registry when you can use the Settings App.

YOU CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM! It is Microsoft’s responsibility.

You can only stop the errors until MS fixes it by the hardware setting.