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

I know a fair amount about coding. Building a huge (really huge) application like Windows involves probably nearly billions of individual machine language instructions. One of the original coding levels for Windows apparently had an error in it, an error that was likely unfindable and required either rewriting Windows or writing a workaround. I discovered one and tried to report it; and was ignored, but the error was remedied within the year, ostensibly by a workaround.

I have little doubt that these workarounds left Windows vulnerable and that these vulnerabilities have been what made Windows susceptible to so many viral attacks. And still the only solution would be to dive impossibly deep into the present coding.

The problem - my guess - is that simply removing a sequence of problematic code would very likely make things worse rather than better. So the best strategy would be to come up with another workaround and patch up the problem. But there are probably other areas that need work in terms of new developments and they may be focusing on that first.

I really don't think it's arrogance for the simple reason that it doesn't pay off in the long run. It might be a mistake to ignore this issue and they might realize that soon. Or it may be that this error will be fixed since so many more users are noticing the problem. I will say that after two years of observing this issue, I cannot attach a single behavioral issue to it. Yes, there have been some issues that seemed related (inevitable coincidences), but everyone of them turned out to be related to something different, such as the computer company (not MS) and was rectified by the company.

For me, I've finally stopped worrying about the issue (essentially, it appears to be a message that relates a problem because it is treating me as though I was a company with all my computers networked, but it doesn't get verification, hence it aborts the attempt). But no discernible home.

Best,

Michael

Michael,

I found similar information from Microsoft. It appears to be useful for corporate IT uses only .

Perhaps it will be more useful to you than it was to me because it exceeds my knowledge level.

Please comment if it adds clarity to the issue at hand.

Windows Autopilot networking requirements | Microsoft Learn

Don

Answer 2

Microsoft seems to have given up on solving this problem. Since Microsoft wanted to learn from Apple to open up the data interconnection between its various software, computer problems have continued. Whether it is edge or other Microsoft services.....

Answer 3

Same here, error log is full of

Autopilot.dll WIL.

HRESULT: 0x80070491

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

Message: NULL

Windows 11 Pro

Version 22H2

Build 22621.2134

Answer 4

16 months now since reported, no acknowledgement seen from MS. So far been 52,848 views - MS used to also list number of actual postings - looks as though they are too embarrassed to do that now.

As always, with MS, there possible is something about this that they are not willing to disclose - their usual data farming of our personal data etc.

Answer 5

Good day everyone,

Back in May of this year I bought a new larger SSD drive for my PC. At this point I decided to do a clean install of Windows 11 Pro. Since this install I have not had the Autopilot error at all. Three months since the clean install and I have downloaded all of the updates that MS has pushed out and the error has not resurfaced. I know a clean install is a real pain but for me it did fix the issue.

Thanks