I’ve noticed recently a number of problems reported on this forum that were resolved by updating various apps in the Microsoft Store. In particular, installing any updates to:
- Gaming Services
- Xbox
- Game Bar
seemed to help.
Despite having App updates set to automatically download & install in within the MS Store Settings page:
It appears that one has to manually open the store, go to the library page and click on the “Get Updates” page to see if any need installing - at least, that is what I’m having to do on my Windows 11 PC.
So, I’ve got into the habit of checking every day for updates after starting my PC. Rather a hassle, but so far I’ve never had any of the authentication & connection issues that others have reported (though this may just be a coincidence).
For example, sure enough, I checked today (May 10th) & there was an update to Gaming Services, perhaps related to trying to fix the issues reported here.
If anyone knows how to get the store to actually automatically update - without having the store app constatly open & minimized in the task bar, I’d love to know! 
…I click or change very very little, if any, from default settings anywhere. When MSFS acts up anytime lately for me, I just close and come back at another time. Maybe an hr or day…depends. I never change any settings that don’t change themselves, ie…updates. Somehow lately this has worked and kept me flying.I would almost bet all, that everytime I have had issues as of late, its been some type of server connection or something being controlled from other sources.Today I looked at NVCP and seen “optimized” checked.I removed the ck. I didn’t ck it to start with that I remember, and my performance, especially the Latency, seems much lower now somehow, did a 30 min hopper flight,closed MSFS. I then went back to the store and signed out /in twice, never had to do that for them to get all dates current, it’s normally once. I then restarted PC, and all is staying updated so far. I’ll keep you posted if it holds…smooth as greased Butter atm…PHNL grd level. 7800 3D 4070super 32gb windows 11 3840 x 2160 60hz
