Many persistent errors in Event Viewer after Windows 11 build 22598.ni_release.220408-1503: "Autopilot.dll wil error was reported"

Question

I used to be part of the the Windows 11 Insider Beta channel. After updating to build 22598.ni_release.220408-1503 I began to see the same error in Event Viewer extremely frequently:

The errors are all the same and read as follows:

Autopilot.dll WIL error was reported.

HRESULT: 0x80070491

File: onecoreuap\admin\moderndeployment\autopilot\dll\dllmain.cpp, line 128

Message: NULL

I have never used any program called Autopilot or Modern Deployment. After seeing this problem I immediately left the insider program and am now queued for enrollment. However no new Windows update has happened and these errors persist. How do I prevent these errors?

Answer 1

Thank you for the info.

Yeah, seems like they updated it today.

but I should to keep on eye on that. I updated a system on 23:40

Errors at every minutes seems disappeard though.

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on 2023-01-10

PROBLEM STILL EXIST AND MUCH WORSE THAN BEFORE

Answer 2

I don't know about anyone else, but even though I've installed the latest update, I'm still getting this event error. I don't think it's doing too much to me, although I use Phone Link all the time, so I'll just ignore it in event viewer, but it would be nice if it would get fixed.

Answer 3

Yup, just got a brand new, overpriced Razer Blade laptop on Jan 3rd, 2023 and have accrued 496 of these errors as of writing this reply. I would very much like to have this problem resolved. 236 replies on this thread tell me I'm not alone.

Answer 4

Overworking the thread to contribute observations in hope MS will provide some relief.

Current device config:
* Dell Alienware m17 R3
* Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz/3.10 GHz
* Installed RAM: 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable)
* Edition: Windows 10 Pro - Ver 22H2
* OS build: 19045.2364

No Autopilot.dll WIL errors displayed in ver Win10 Pro-21H2, installed since 11Dec2021. Applied Win10 Pro-21H2 Dec2022 Cumulative Update (KB5021233) with no errors appearing. Performed a feature update from Win10 Pro-21H2 to 22H2 on 07Jan2022. Immediately, the Autopilot.dll WIL errors started logging in [Microsoft-Windows-ModernDeployment-Diagnostics-Provider/ManagementService]. Receiving between 30 and 40 log entries per average 16 hour day. Always have entries at boot-up and shutdown.

Microsoft Account Sign-in Assistant service has Startup type = Manual using Local System account permissions. Windows Updates are always paused. All Windows Hello features disabled. OneDrive not used (service active, never signed-in). No system hardware modifications (e.g., overclock of CPU/memory) in use. Current Dell BIOS version installed.

Noticed a pattern of MS Edge updates in Task Scheduler correspond to some, but not all Autopilot.dll error log entries. Second pattern of error log entry is associated with the Software Protection service performing a license check for the start of any Office 365 products.

On my system, these errors appear to simply be noise and do not cause any operational or performance issue (yet). Hoping this issue does not evolve into a longer term problem as the Win op/sys ages.

Answer 5

I tried a full in place upgrade on recommendation from a chst with Microsoft tech. As soon as it finished and I opened Windows it froze with multiple instances of the error messages in event viewer. So it does not appear to be accumulated corruption - but an inherent problem. Waiting for a future update with this noted repair appears to be only recourse.