
If you don’t have a Microsoft account, you can disable it using the registry. If you’ve found you’re experiencing framerate issues in the last week, that should help it.
Head to GameDVR at the top and turn it off. The cog in the bottom left access the settings menu. Sign in – this should be automatic if you normal sign into Windows. Open Xbox app, you can access it via the start menu search. You’ll need a Microsoft account to disable it the normal way, which goes like this: Particularly affected seem to be Valve’s games. While this is useful if you have both an omni-powered PC and plan on sharing clips quite regularly, it could be causing some major stutter. Along with the usual sweep of fixes, security updates and rebooting your PC in the middle of a work day, it also auto-enabled Microsoft’s Xbox-powered Shadowplay-like recording software GameDVR. Original story: Last week saw one of Windows 10’s largest updates yet with the 1607 patch, aka the Anniversary Update. If you had this issue and have since resolved it, maybe drop into that thread before it locks and let John know what you did, including any registry trickery you got up to, or whether you uninstalled the Xbox App before the update. As well as offering some internal tech support to provide steps to disable GameDVR for good, John also requested any users who have experienced frame drops or lag since the Anniversary Update to get in touch and let them know the measures users took to remove GameDVR originally.