Continues Errors at startup "Metadata staging failed"

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Since yesterday I have noticed a delay during the welcome circle loading screen after login. Then I checked the event viewer and found out that I get around 15 errors of the same event ID 131 which contains the following details:

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager/AdminSource: Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager
Date: 9/13/2014 1:07:25 AM
Event ID: 131
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: ASUS
Description:
Metadata staging failed, result={1C852A4D-B800-1F08-ABCD-E4115B8201DD} for container '0x80070490'
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager" Guid="{FCBB06BB-6A2A-46E3-ABAA-246CB4E508B2}" />
<EventID>131</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-09-12T21:07:25.275201900Z" />
<EventRecordID>4369</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="332" ThreadID="4204" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager/Admin</Channel>
<Computer>ASUS</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="Prop_ContainerId">{1C852A4D-B800-1F08-ABCD-E4115B8201DD}</Data>
<Data Name="HRESULT">2147943568</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I have not done any hardware changes and have no idea why these error suddenly started to show up.

I have searched everywhere about this error and could not find any matching solution. I appreciate if someone can help me figure out what is the cause of these errors and a solution. Thanks

EDIT: Just to clarify, I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:

Ran the following commands:

sfc /scannow
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
net stop wuauserv
ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start wuauserv

finally, I also tried running the "Windows Update Diagnostics Tool"

SF diagnostic logs attached
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS z87-PLUS
    Memory
    12GB Patriot DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 780 SC
    Browser
    Google Chrome
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    Windows Defender
I have the same exact problem. It started around 5 am on 9/12/2014. Now every time I restart I'm flooded with about 19 of event ID 131 DeviceSetupManager errors.

Like you I made no changes to my system and couldn't find any more info online (besides this post). If you figure out a fix, please let me know.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-2600K
    Motherboard
    asus P8Z68-V PRO
    Memory
    8 gb G.SKILL Ripjaws ddr3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    evga 780 gtx classified
    Hard Drives
    Intel 510 Series 120 gb ssd
I have the same exact problem. It started around 5 am on 9/12/2014. Now every time I restart I'm flooded with about 19 of event ID 131 DeviceSetupManager errors.

Like you I made no changes to my system and couldn't find any more info online (besides this post). If you figure out a fix, please let me know.

Exact same error as OP, I know OP is using an Asus motherboard, are you? I am. Could be something to do with a driver etc
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel i5 4670k
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4gb @ 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Twin Frozr Nvidia GTX 770
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2460HM
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 750W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast Free Antivirus/Malwarebytes AntiMalware
Exact same error as OP, I know OP is using an Asus motherboard, are you? I am. Could be something to do with a driver etc

Yes I am, I'm using a asus P8Z68-V PRO.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-2600K
    Motherboard
    asus P8Z68-V PRO
    Memory
    8 gb G.SKILL Ripjaws ddr3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    evga 780 gtx classified
    Hard Drives
    Intel 510 Series 120 gb ssd

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel i5 4670k
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4gb @ 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Twin Frozr Nvidia GTX 770
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2460HM
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 750W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast Free Antivirus/Malwarebytes AntiMalware
It's not an ASUS issue, as I just built this new X99 rig a week ago and I'm using an MSI X99S board. I get about 10+ of these errors every start up. I have the same 'for container '0x80070490' as the OP. I've also tried the solutions the OP tried with no success. Everything is up to date on my system and it still occurs, any time you reboot or just plug in a device. Interestingly action center and device manager show everything fine, and all connected devices seem to be working as intended.

I'm not sure if there is any delay that the OP is mentioning in my system though because it is so new.

Searching for that hex value above gives lots of results about Windows update but that too seems to be working fine. What most of us have in common seems to be Windows 8.1/Pro. I was starting to think it was just my system before I found this thread, maybe because the chipset drivers for X99 were so new. But after seeing this I'm thinking it has something to do with Windows 8.1/Pro, possibly an update we downloaded recently that is causing it.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I tried removing my AV (Avira) and that didnt stop it from occuring. However booting into safe mode does, it has to be a driver/recent-update issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7 5820K Haswell-E
    Motherboard
    MSI X99S SLI Plus
    Memory
    Crucial 8GB DDR4 2133mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire R9 280X Dual X
    Hard Drives
    2x Sandisk Extreme II
    2x Western Digital Black Edition
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
    Case
    Phantek Enthoo Luxe
    Cooling
    Noctua U14S
    Keyboard
    Razer DeathStalker
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder
I get similar errors since yesterday also. I don't use ASUS motherboard also.
My problems didn't start right after Windows 8.1 update but only yesterday. I also run disk C cleanup with Windows Update cleanup option enabled. Did any of you do the same? Could this be a source of a problem?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
OK, after extensive research and trial and errors, I figured a work around for the issue.

It seems the issue is coming from Windows Update trying to retrieve info about the installed hardware from the internet and failing during startup.

To prevent this from happening do the following:

Go to Control Panel > Type in the search "device installation" > Click on "Change device installation settings"

Click on "No let me choose what to do" > choose the option "Never install driver software from Windows Update" and make sure that "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacture" is UNCHECKED. < This is the source of the issue

Restarted and shutdown a couple of times and the error is totally gone.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS z87-PLUS
    Memory
    12GB Patriot DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 780 SC
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Thanks, Nice Job tracking that down. Following your directions I was also able to stop the errors from showing up. I assume that Microsoft must have messed something up in one of those recent updates. Hopefully they will fix soon. Atleast I know what it is and how to stop it for now. Thank you once again. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-2600K
    Motherboard
    asus P8Z68-V PRO
    Memory
    8 gb G.SKILL Ripjaws ddr3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    evga 780 gtx classified
    Hard Drives
    Intel 510 Series 120 gb ssd
OK, I will test it out. I also found out what triggered this error first time to happen. It was task called "Metadata Refresh" located in Device Setup folder of Task scheduler. First error appeared at the same time when this task was last run. The task has 0x0 result (operation completed successfully?).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Glad to see I'm not alone. As mentioned the problem came with the Windows Update on 9/9/14. I restored my system to before I applied the updates and had no problems.

It seems the errors are not affecting anything so I just turn logging off for them. It's found in Event Viewer under DeviceSetupManager
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Homemade Rig
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 Quad 3770K @ 5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator-GT 16GB @ 2400 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD7970 3GB OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PA246Q & PA249Q IPS 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 830, 840 256GB |
    2TB Seagate SATA3 |
    Hitachi eSata 500GB
    PSU
    Corsair Professional Series 1050W
    Case
    Corsair Obsididan 800D Full Tower
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K520
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Explorer
    Internet Speed
    120/35
    Browser
    Fx41
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    UEFI BIOS with a GPT SSD boot drive.
Just a little question to all having this problem, did you guys ever run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU).
Just want to make sure to see if DDU is responsible or not.
As if it is, I must fix this asap.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Just a little question to all having this problem, did you guys ever run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU).
Just want to make sure to see if DDU is responsible or not.
As if it is, I must fix this asap.

nope, I dont think DDU relates to the issue
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS z87-PLUS
    Memory
    12GB Patriot DDR3 1600MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 780 SC
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Just a little question to all having this problem, did you guys ever run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU).
Just want to make sure to see if DDU is responsible or not.
As if it is, I must fix this asap.

nope, I dont think DDU relates to the issue
Thanks a lot, I was almost sure from what I Knew already but now you confirm it.
Thanks and have a nice day.

Wagnard.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
I set "Never install driver software from Windows Update" and "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacture" to UNCHECKED.

Rebooted and got lots of Warnings about Windows Update and I think two other related things.

I replaced a crap load of Errors with a crap load of Warnings. Anyone else see this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Homemade Rig
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 Quad 3770K @ 5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator-GT 16GB @ 2400 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD7970 3GB OC Edition
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PA246Q & PA249Q IPS 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 830, 840 256GB |
    2TB Seagate SATA3 |
    Hitachi eSata 500GB
    PSU
    Corsair Professional Series 1050W
    Case
    Corsair Obsididan 800D Full Tower
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K520
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Explorer
    Internet Speed
    120/35
    Browser
    Fx41
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    UEFI BIOS with a GPT SSD boot drive.
This is more of a temporary workaround than real solution. I would like my system and drivers to update normally. Correct me if I'm wrong, but disabling devices check is not recommended. I am under the impression Windows Update is not operating as it should. Also, being new here I don't get why thread is marked as solved while issue is still there. However, I don't think "metadata staging failed" error is due to any recent updates. I just made a full system restore, and without any updates installed it still occurs at every startup, flooding event viewer same as before. It looks to me this thing is somehow related to Windows and its update system or servers
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
OK, after extensive research and trial and errors, I figured a work around for the issue.

It seems the issue is coming from Windows Update trying to retrieve info about the installed hardware from the internet and failing during startup.

To prevent this from happening do the following:

Go to Control Panel > Type in the search "device installation" > Click on "Change device installation settings"

Click on "No let me choose what to do" > choose the option "Never install driver software from Windows Update" and make sure that "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacture" is UNCHECKED. < This is the source of the issue

Restarted and shutdown a couple of times and the error is totally gone.

Thank you for posting...it solved my problem on 2 desktops. I really appreciate it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion p6230f
    CPU
    HP AMD Phenom II X4 810
    Motherboard
    FOXCONN ALOE
    Memory
    8 GBytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI/AMD Radeon HD 42
    Sound Card
    ATI/AMD SB600 - High
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SE198WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST3750528AS
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
OK, after extensive research and trial and errors, I figured a work around for the issue.

It seems the issue is coming from Windows Update trying to retrieve info about the installed hardware from the internet and failing during startup.

To prevent this from happening do the following:

Go to Control Panel > Type in the search "device installation" > Click on "Change device installation settings"

Click on "No let me choose what to do" > choose the option "Never install driver software from Windows Update" and make sure that "Automatically get the device app and info provided by your device manufacture" is UNCHECKED. < This is the source of the issue

Restarted and shutdown a couple of times and the error is totally gone.

Thank you for posting...it solved my problem on 2 desktops. I really appreciate it.

Your problem is not really solved, you are just preventing Windows from automatically installing drivers. Windows is not checking for driver software anymore and therefore you won't receive error alerts in the event viewer. But the issue is still there, as "normally" Windows is supposed to do that kind of check and update/install procedure
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
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