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Reach a new level of gaming in Windows 11 with enhanced graphics, a thriving community, and quick settings to help you stay in the game.
Options to optimize gaming performance in Windows 11. Microsoft uses virtualization in Windows 11 for scenarios including Hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI), also called memory integrity, and the Virtual Machine Platform (VMP). VMP provides core virtual machine services for Windows.
Here’s a way to do it on your Xbox One console: Press the Xbox button on your controller, then select System > Settings > Personalization > My profile > Customize profile. Select your gamertag, then select it again to type a new gamertag or select one from the suggested list.
Game Bar is built into Windows 11 so you can capture videos and screenshots while playing PC games. While you're playing a game, press the Windows logo key + G on your keyboard to open Game Bar. If you have an Xbox 360 or Xbox One controller plugged in to your PC, press the Xbox button.
Meet Windows 11: Gaming. Set up your Windows device for cloud gaming. Options to optimize gaming performance in Windows 11. Find and play the games already installed on your PC and in your collection using the Xbox Console Companion app on your Windows 10 PC.
Use Auto HDR for better gaming in Windows. In HDR video games, the increased color range and brightness compared to SDR games gives you a more detailed and immersive gaming experience on your Windows PC.
To find your game clips and screenshots, select Start > Settings > Gaming > Captures, then under Captures location, select Open folder. To change where your game clips are saved, use File Explorer to move the Captures folder anywhere you want on your PC.
To connect your PC to your Xbox One console: On your PC, open the Xbox Console Companion app and choose the Connection icon on the left side (looks like a little Xbox One). Choose your Xbox, and then choose Connect. From now on, the Xbox app will connect to your Xbox One automatically, as long as it's on.
Optimizations for windowed games improves gaming on your PC by using a new presentation model for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games that appear in a window or in a borderless window.
There's a couple of ways to get started to play games on your Surface device: Select the Start button > Xbox to see the games that you already have. Go to the Store to get more games and install the ones you have on other devices. Play Xbox console games from the cloud with Xbox Game Pass.
Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 7. You can use installation media (a USB flash drive or DVD) to install a new copy of Windows, perform a clean installation, or reinstall Windows. To create installation media, go to the software download website, where you'll find step-by-step instructions.