[German]A blog reader recently brought a specific observation under Windows 11 to my attention. For several days now (end of September 2025), his event log has been flooded with entries saying "Gameinput Service reconfigured." This is apparently not an isolated case, and I am currently unaware of a solution.
What is the GameInput service?
The Microsoft GameInput service provided a background API to manage input from gaming devices connected to a Windows system. The file gameinputsvc.exe is responsible for this service.
If the service fails under Windows 10 or Windows 11, or if it has other problems, this can lead to delays in input or applications freezing completely. A search on the internet reveals numerous articles that either report crashes or explain how to fix GameInput service problems.
GameInput Service Event Entries
German blog reader Volker S. contacted me by email on September 28, 2025. He wrote to me with the subject line "GameInput Service is reconfigured with every Windows 11 startup," saying that "since the day before yesterday," an entry appears in the event log with every restart stating that the GameInput Service is being reconfigured.
The reader then tried to uninstall GameInput (the approach to uninstalling the app is described here, for example). He writes that uninstalling GameInput does not help, because the service is reactivated the next time it is started. The reader asks: "How can the service be deactivated without any problems, because the entries are annoying?"
Further references on the web
Before writing yesterday's blog post, I searched for something on the internet. On Microsoft Q&A, there is an entry titled Microsoft GameInput ständige neukonfiguration from German user from September 25, 2025, who also noticed this behavior. He writes: "Hello, for several days now, I have noticed that after every system restart, the following entry appears in the reliability history: Microsoft GameInput, The application reconfiguration was successful."
His first reaction was to uninstall this software as well. But after restarting the system, it was back again, and so were the error entries in the event log, of course. The person affected asked why this service was there and why it was constantly being reconfigured.
You could try disabling the service
I checked it once in a VM with Windows 11 24H2, but I couldn't find the entry in the event log or reliability history. But then again, I only start the VM once in a blue moon. What those affected can try is disabling the GameInput service.
- First, start the Services Manager by searching for Services in the Start menu and selecting Run as administrator.
- Then, under Services, find the entry GameInput Service (see image above) and double-click on it.
- In the Properties window, click on Startup type and select the value "Disabled" from the list provided.
If the controls are locked, the service was not started using Run as administrator and the permissions are missing. If the startup type has been changed, close the properties window by clicking OK. The service should then no longer start, and my hope was that the entries in the event log would also no longer appear.
I had the reader look at the German edition of this post in advance. The feedback on September 29, 2025 was: "Disabling the service doesn't help either. After a restart, there is a new entry in the event log." Hence the question: Does anyone among the readership have an explanation and, above all, a working workaround to prevent the entries?
