DeviceSetupManager Error events after updates

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I keep getting Event 200, 201, 202 errors in my event viewer.

Event 202:
The Network List Manager reports no connectivity to the internet.

Event 201:
A connection to the Windows Metadata and Internet Services (WMIS) could not be established.

Event 200:
A connection to the Windows Update service could not be established.

How can this be repaired?

Thanks!

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Is your internet connection set as metered, with download updates over metered connection set to off?

Are you using any tools to block windows updates?

Windows 11 Pro version 22H2 build 22621.2361 + Microsoft 365 + Edge

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Michael Dugger

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Hi b,

Thanks for your reply. No my internet connection is not set to metered, and I’m not using any tools to block windows updates. I have Windows Updates paused until Defcon changes, and the following Update Group Policies:

Notify to download updates

Set Automatic Update options

Target release version for feature updates

Target product version for feature updates

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For what it’s worth, I also get these event viewer errors or warnings upon every boot or reboot of the computer. I have rapid boot and hibernation disabled and never use the sleep option; and my connection to the internet is wi-fi over a home wi-fi network and cable modem/wi-fi router combination. When I’m done using the computer, I do a normal full Windows shutdown and power off.  My assumption is that Windows generates these errors or warnings, which never occur except at startup/boot, because Windows is trying to connect to the list manager and WMIS and Windows Update just prior to the connection to the internet being established via my home wi-fi network (i.e. — faster than the connection can be established). I think Windows just assumes that rapid boot is enabled and that we are always therefore connected to the internet (or the router).

 

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Michael Dugger

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The event viewer is not always a good indicator that something is actually wrong. Sometimes issues are merely transitory and get fixed later.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Michael Dugger

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Susan Bradley wrote:

The event viewer is not always a good indicator that something is actually wrong. Sometimes issues are merely transitory and get fixed later.

I hope that’s the case here. I’ve seen there are a lot of people with this issue going way back to 2019.

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I’ve disabled Device Setup Manager service because it’s junk and doesn’t work. The device metadata service URLs are all broken, so I think this whole thing has been deprecated by Microsoft. All the warnings stopped after I did that. I was getting 40+ warnings every boot with this service.

There was also an error called Event 2, Kernel Event-Tracing

Session “Microsoft.Windows.Remediation” failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035

I solved that by uninstalling Windows Update Health Tools, and downloading the updated version of the health tools offline installer here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103324

Once that’s run, go to Windows Update and check for updates. Restart and now the error is gone.

I hope that helps others who are getting hundreds of warnings in their error logs and being told there is nothing that can be done about it.

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