Originally Posted by: zal ru 
Originally Posted by: YoungStir 
Originally Posted by: zal ru 
Windows 10 Local Account?
Sign in with a Microsoft account instead.
For what purpose? I use a local account. Was the post for the benefit of sixeryb or are you saying that there is no need to set up the "Windows Push Notifications System Service" if signing in with a Microsoft account.
Been there, done that.
Windows 10 1709 clean install.
Local Account - Forza 7 CTD on launch.
Microsoft account - no problem with Forza 7 on launch.
No need to set up anything, just switch to Microsoft account.
Do not forget to confirm it. Confirmation code will be sent to your e-mail.
I thought that was a flippant and unconvincing response. Nevertheless, I decided to test it.
1. It may well work but there is good reason to think that it will not be reliable. Even if it appears to work at first the ‘fix’ may not last. I could not test it to the end because I encountered so many issues along the way it was not worthwhile.
2. You need to do it with an administrator account. In fact, you cannot do it if not using an administrator account. However, any advice about changing accounts should come with a cautionary warning about the hazards for the benefit of novice.
3. zal ru’s ‘solution’ is a very time consuming method compared to the one I described (kinslore deserves most of the credit). Also, it only provides the hope of solving the specific problem, whereas our solution goes direct to the cause. There are so many issues with this software I cannot know what is going on but there is a direct connection between the symptom and the kinslore fix.
4. There is plenty of evidence that removing, redownloading and installing the game only provides temporary 'fixes' for a variety of issues, although the user can be confident of the kinslore fix for this specific issue, if it works in the first place.
5. If the service is in manual and stopped, then downloading it and installing with a Microsoft account does not change those settings; which makes its reliability as a long term fix suspect.
6. A user using a local account usually has a good reason for doing so and should be able to play this game on a local account. The kinslore fix works and changing to a Microsoft account on a wing and a prayer is a big ask.
7. By the way … while using a Microsoft account changing the state of the Windows Push Notifications System Service, between running and stopped, significantly changed to responsiveness of the car to the controls. However, there was no predictability about it. The same settings produce differing results. The responsiveness was consistently better with a local account but there is no way the tests were exhaustive enough to guarantee that would remain the case.
8. I noticed that a Windows update change the service settings from Manual and Stopping to Automatic and Running. I have no idea why the original problem of them being Manual and Stopped happened, but I would speculate that the store expects the user to have never used a local account.
9. It is necessary to be logged into the store with the Microsoft account to download and install the game regardless of whether the user has logged into Windows with the Microsoft account. As a strong critic of Microsoft for the issues with this game on the Windows platform, it should not matter whether the user is logged into Windows with a local account or a Microsoft account. Microsoft should cater for any difference in the process and inform the user as required. Also, it should not be so hard to find the solution to this specific problem. Nevertheless, I acknowledge that removing, redownloading and installing the game while logged into Windows with the Microsoft account might resolve some issues; it is just unreliable.
Bottom line: I would not recommend using the time consuming, wing and a prayer “fix” for users with this specific problem.