Windows 10: Gamebar is causing lag so that I can't log into servers due to network overhead

New machine. Windows 11. Installed modded Minecraft and it expected me to install Microsoft Gamebar. Yeah whatever.Go into Conan where I play with friends in the states. I'm in Aus so I have to use particular servers or I can't connect - and clearly they want the servers that work best for them Often I have to shut down everything to be able to connect as I'm teetering on the edge of the ping that is needed.Gamebar installed... looks to be adding an overhead just beyond what I need.How do I stop it running at startup? Its buried in 'system' applications. I know what to kill and various ways to

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Xbox App on Windows 10 - Part Chat causing lag

Hi,

Lags during a party chat may occur due to network connection errors. To better assist you with your concern, please clarify the following information:

• Have you made any changes to your network settings prior to the issue?
• Does the same issue occur on a different profile?
• Is your computer connected via wired or wireless to the router?
• What steps have you tried so far to resolve the issue?

 

Card games lagging!

Hi Helena,

If it's an online game, the lag issue may have been caused by your Internet connection. It can also occur due to the game server issue. We'll need to gather a bit more information to better identify what's causing this. Kindly answer the following:

• Have you made any changes prior to this issue?
• What card game are you having issues with?
• Is the issue the same with other games?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far to resolve the issue?

Meanwhile, if the card game you're playing is downloaded from Windows Store, we suggest running the
Windows apps troubleshooter. The apps troubleshooter can help resolve issues with games and applications downloaded from Windows Store.

Regards.

 

Svchost outgoing to external DNS servers other than my local DNS results in lagging network applications.

Svchost.exe is trying to reach external DNS servers (UDP Port 53) despite local DNS configuration and this results in lagging applications and exposing DNS data to the internet.

I have logged outgoing traffic from svchost (local IP, windows 10 endpoint): <list of destination IP> UDP dest port 53.

List of IP:

193.0.9.2 who is: RIPE-NCC-AUTHDNS
196.216.169.11 who is: ORG-AFNC1-AFRINIC
199.180.182.53 who is: ARIN Operations
199.253.182.182 who is: ARPA-DNS-SERVERS
200.7.86.53 who is: LACNIC - Latin American and Caribbean IP address
203.119.86.101 who is: APNIC-SERVICES

My local DHCP server is providing my local DNS servers IPs.

DNS IP are correct on Windows 10 endpoints.

My local DNS service is working properly.

Local DNS service is using DoH for forwarding requests.

On local network firewall only DNS requests from LAN are allowed to local DNS servers.

In local network Only DNS servers are allowed to forward DNS requests to external servers.

I have temporarily disabled blocking rules and applications stopped lagging. Looks like lagging is caused by DNS request timeouts before it reaches my local DNS.

This creates following questions/issues:

Why svchost is trying to reach these external DNS servers? What is the reason?

I assume if the DNS request data is outgoing to port 53. Based on the DNS protocol this means the data is in clear text and is exposed to the interned.

Considering corporations policies (spying) this looks like tracking customers and exposing their data to the internet and in result lagging network applications.

Can someone explain this behavior?