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I have a CenturyLink C3000Z modem bridged to an Orbi router. In the modem, I set the IPv4 firewall as medium and unchecked all the Xbox settings as well as anything gaming as we don't have or use an Xbox. The system log in the CL configuration fills up with entries like the following, multiple times a minute. MAC address is the MAC address for the modem as well as the SRC IP.

02/05/2024 04:08:11 AM Firewall 
Firewall DROP XBox:IN=br0 OUT=ppp0.1
MAC= 
SRC=192.168.0.3 DST=1.0.0.1 LEN=64 TOS=0x00
PREC=0x00 TTL=62 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP
SPT=53009 DPT=53 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN
URGP=0

Sometimes the DST is: DST=205.171.3.25 WINDOW is sometimes shown as 29200 ID and SPT change with each entry.

Can anyone explain why are these appearing?

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Reset to default
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Not an explanation of how this is happening, but changes to prevent XBox activity. Though it might be possible to uninstall Xbox, a future Windows update might reinstall it. Therefore it is more reliable to disable its Windows Services. Perform the following as Administrator:

Disable Xbox

  • Press Windows, type services, and select Services or services.msc.
  • Scroll to the Xbox services, shown below.
  • Double-click each and Stop the service if it is Running.
  • Set Startup type to Disabled.
  • If you get an error that a services Startup type cannot be changed, it can be disabled using Regedit, as shown below. However, to do so, you'd need to take ownership of that Registry key. There is some risk in editing the Windows Registry, so if stopping and disabling the other Xbox (dis)services stops the continual logging, this might be left undone.

Disable Service via Registry

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  • I have already done this to all computers.
    – MerciMe
    Commented Feb 12 at 23:01
  • @MerciMe - Edit your question to reflect that very important vital necessary information
    – Ramhound
    Commented Feb 13 at 0:04
  • @Ramhound Not sure what edit you are recommending. What is not clear?
    – MerciMe
    Commented Feb 16 at 16:17
  • Well. Your question makes no mention of doing what is described in this answer
    – Ramhound
    Commented Feb 16 at 16:22
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I FIGURED IT OUT! Disabling Xbox in the system services was not enough. Under the 'Xbox Live Game Save' is a 'Recovery' tab and the 3 fields that tell the system what to do if the service fails was set to "Restart The Service". Once I changed it to "Take No Action", it stopped posting to the system log!

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