Interesting - Windows Update installed the recorder snapshot yesterday (8 October).

[7531Leonidas]

Win 10, after rebooting, got a notification that my system settings had been changed, and to reboot.  Found that the Steps Recorder app (where the OS makes desktop snapshots sporadically) was added and enabled.  Had to go deeper (into Optional features, I believe) to see the Steps Recorder app and disable it.

[JimboUK]

Steps recorder has been around since Windows 7, it doesn't do anything unless you manually start it. 

[7531Leonidas]

I have a problem with 'updates' that take a disabled feature and re-enable it, whether or not it is running.  Not sure how to avoid it, I just don't like this kind of stuff happening.

I also confused this with the latest controversy over MS introduction of a similarly named feature that would randomly take screenshots of the screen during operation.

[Squirrel97]

On 10/10/2024 at 5:29 AM, 7531Leonidas said:

Not sure how to avoid it

Delete Windows and switch to Linux. Worked for me.