



The registry is very much ‘under the hood’ of your machine, giving you intimate access to its inner workings so you can do real damage if you delete the wrong key or entry. Xbox Game Monitoring, unsurprisingly, monitors what game you’re currently playing, but there have been claims from PC gamers that it clashes with services such as Steam and causes performance drops.ĭisabling this process is a little bit more involved than the others as you’ll have to head into the Registry.īefore you do anything in your Registry, we recommend that youīack up your registry files in case something goes wrong. This particular process is a little harder to turn off. To disable windows game recording and broadcasting, select Disabled, and do forget to click OK to save the settings. Ensure the Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar is set to Off. Hit the switch below Record in the background while I’m playing a game so that shows as Off. To enable windows game recording and broadcasting, select Not Configured (which is the default setting) or Enabled, and click OK at the bottom. Method 1: Disable Game Bar and Game DVR via Settings App Open the Settings app by pressing the Windows key + I on your keyboard.Once again, right click on your Start Button.While this is useful for capturing those surprise moments that make gaming so fun, it also takes up a fair amount of your system’s resources, so if you’re having performance trouble then disabling this feature can help. Game DVR is a part of the Game Bar which records your gameplay in the background, allowing you to quickly save a moment from your gaming session at will. Hit the switch below Record game clips, Screenshots, and Broadcast using Game Bar so that they are now Off.You can also get to the settings by opening the Xbox app. Right click on the Start Button at the bottom left of your screen. Click on the settings icon in the Game Bar to go directly to the settings options in the Xbox app.
