I'm facing a frustrating issue where every time I open an app on my PC, I get the error code 0x80070426. I've tried using the gaming services repair tool, but it just throws back the error code 0x8000ffff instead. I've checked and all my accounts seem to be in order. I'm starting to think this could be due to a service that's not running properly on my PC, but I can't figure out which one it might be. Can anyone help me troubleshoot this?
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The error code 0x80070426 usually means that a required service isn't active. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly which service without more details from you, though! Do you know which services you have running? If you check your ‘services.msc’ app, make sure all the Xbox-related ones are running. Sometimes they can act up, and the gaming services could be causing this.
Interesting! I checked my event viewer and it mentions that the Gaming Services service terminated with an error related to the 'service control manager'. Might be worth looking into that!
Yeah, I can pull up my services.msc app if that helps! I know the Xbox services are all fine, except for one called WaaSMedicSVC, which shows a 'failed to read description' error. Could that be related?