Microsoft GameInput Application Reconfiguration Crashes Win 11 PC

Crashing while gaming is new to me and only started this past week. Random crashing started almost a month ago.

One thing I did notice and it might be useful for y'all with bigger brains than me. It's only crashed on me gaming 3 times in the last while.

The game is Hell Let Loose. Graphics settings at Epic and all three crashes happened between maps. The one round, let's say Remagen map ends. The score screen runs for a couple minutes then switches over to the next map loading screen. I'm not switching servers at these times, it's the same server loading a new map. Before the new game map loads and I'm still on the loading screen or the join squad screen, it's all tit's up.

Other than those 3 crashes, all others have been almost random with a number of them coinciding with a windows update even though I have turned updates off and run a program "Wub" which is listed as a solution in a similar thread here.

I can't help to feel there's a graffix connection since initially Miro was working fine for months then suddenly as I mentioned previously it started crashing when I tried to use it to convert and compress my shows from mkv to mp4 files. This Miro software worked fine till a few weeks ago when suddenly the next set of issues listed were crashing. It's still progressing with the crashing happening more and more often and now has the addition of when I'm gaming.

Some muppet is trying to recommend that you buy the Xbox pass, purchase one of the games and install it. The claim is that installing one of their games will correct whatever the issue is. Don't fall for it if you don't have the xbox pass or would purchase a microsoft game etc... It's a load of **** as expected. I've had the Xbox pass for about a year now. Having it doesn't fix ****. It's just another gimmick/method for the microsoft muppets to earn points for themselves for driving sales.

I got a note asking why if I'm so pissed off about these muppets do I keep checking back in. The answer is simple. As all are aware, I don't give two **** about what the MVP muppets have to say. I believe the solution will be worked out by one of the folks who are posting here looking for a solution and are truly working towards a fix. It's not a matter of earning GoodBoy points for us, unlike the muppets.

Well that got a lot longer and more redundant than intended. I BOLD lettering is the primary info i wanted to put up. The rest is me going on a roll to left field. I tried to delete some but I ran out of liquid paper and now need a new monitor. oops...

OK, this solution may not help everyone but it solved my issue.

For me, the gameinput reconfiguration was, as stated by someone previously, a red herring. When I looked into it, I noticed that the gameinput reconfiguration was actually occurring on startup following the crash (basically the event states the computer was shut down unexpectedly and gives an initial time of when the computer was restarted, if you expand the details however it will state the actual time, which will be slightly earlier, that the computer crashed).

After viewing the event viewer, there were some events (apologies as I cannot remember what they were) that when googled suggested there was an issue with the power.

I took a look at my power settings and noticed that my computer was running 'balanced' mode while plugged in. After changing the power settings to 'performance', my computer hasn't crashed since (compared to 3 crashes a day previously while gaming).

Hope this solution helps others.

(I use Windows 11 fyi)

I think I finally found a solution.

The bug is apparently due to account files. I solved this by switching to a local account and back. (If you already have a local account, I think making a new user should also work but that's a lot of work to transfer files etc., or you could also change to a non-local account and then back to a local one)

Changing to local account (and back):

Settings -> Accounts -> Your info: under "Account settings:" click "Sign in with a local account instead."

You can leave the password empty.

Windows will log you out.

The crashes should now be fixed.

Then if you want to relink your Microsoft account:

Settings -> Accounts -> Your info: under "Account settings" click "Sign in with a Microsoft account instead."

Sign in with your account.

I hope this helps!

hi creese5,

having the exact same problem here but in windows 10, could you please tell me how to replicate your solution

Hi creese5,

Sorry for delay, and glad that your problem was solved, and this creative solution gave us a new way to solve it. Maybe you can rate the reply as "Helpful" to help others with the same problem.

Wish you have a happy life.

Best Regards,

Mosken- MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist