Xbox Gaming Services Totally Broken

Hello IncrediblySad,

Thank you for your response. Can you please perform an In-place upgrade. You may follow the guide found here: How to perform an In-place Upgrade with Windows 10 Step-by-Step Guide - Microsoft Community

If issue would still persist I suggest you perform another clean installation of the OS. But before performing it, make sure that the steps below are performed.

Delete out Junk files

Open command prompt then run the command below then delete the corresponding folder data

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temp

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%temp%

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prefetch &amp

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cleanmgr

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Method 1:

Make sure Windows has the latest update

Method 2:

Open Command Prompt as admin

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DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

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DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

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DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

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DISM /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup /resetbase

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DISM /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

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SFC /scannow

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Method 3:

Uninstall applications from your PC that you don't use at all, especially the free antivirus software.

Method 4:

Make sure your drivers are updated

Check BIOS update as well; don't do BIOS update on your own please do this in guidance with you OEM.

Method 5:

Perform Windows Repair via ISO. Make sure all hardware devices are disconnected while performing this step.

Method 6:

Perform a Hardware scan on you device and if you will see any hardware issues please reach out to your OEM.

Method 7:

In case hardware scan is successful, please do custom install on customer PC which will deleted application from your PC and data will be in windows.old.

Please see guide

How to: Perform a Custom Installation of Windows 11 and Windows 10 - Microsoft Community

Method 8:

Performing a clean install of Windows. Make sure to back-up everything before performing this step.

Please see guide

How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 - Microsoft Community

Both of these methods previously didn't work, and didn't work this time either. Both times the Xbox app still didn't recognize that gaming services was installed.

Hello IncrediblySad,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Since you just reinstalled Windows, make sure that all updates are installed. Then proceed with the troubleshooting steps below. But before we continue, check your gaming service if it has started or you can try to restart it.

Open Task Manager

Under services, locate GamingServices & GamingServicesNet

Right click on it to start or to stop and start to reset

Then test.

Then proceed with the steps below.

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Open Registry

Navigate the path

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet

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Right click GamingServices & GamingServicesNet to delete it.

Uninstall Gaming Service

Open PowerShell

Run the command below

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get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers

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Open Microsoft Store

Then install gaming Services

Gaming Services - Microsoft Store Apps

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Thank you for understanding.

Exact same issue. I have tried removing and reinstalling gaming services and the Xbox app several times and my windows is totally up to date. None of it helps, it's totally broken - sort of makes having a games pass pointless. Pretty sure I will not be renewing!