What this guide is (and is not)
Task Manager → Details → EarnApp.exe → Efficiency mode / EcoQoS belongs in earnapp-windows-efficiency-mode-europe-2026. That page is the per-process leaf. Energy Saver / Battery saver belongs in earnapp-windows-energy-saver-europe-2026. This page is the OS gaming policy: Settings → Gaming → Game Mode. On versus Off. When On, Windows may raise GPU/CPU priority for a detected game and deprioritise background apps — including Bright Data’s official client — even though the tray still says Online. Xbox Game Bar (Win+G) overlays and captures are not this switch; they can still trip Game Mode detection if a title or overlay stays resident. PCI Express ASPM belongs in earnapp-windows-pcie-aspm-europe-2026. EEE / Green Ethernet belongs in earnapp-windows-eee-green-ethernet-europe-2026. NIC Device Manager, USB suspend, Wi‑Fi Power Saving Mode, random MAC, metered NIC, Fast startup, reboot autostart, SmartScreen, new-PC, sleep/lid, offline/$0 and first PayPal have their own pages. Here Game Mode was still On while the rest of the box looked “always on.”
RefDeal will not invent a “Game Mode promo,” an Xbox coupon, or an EU payout minimum copied from a 2023 screenshot. Game Mode is a Windows Settings toggle. EarnApp is a Bright Data client that needs a live, recognisably residential session. Install from the tracked invite, then set Game Mode Off on the one spare always-on PC — or leave Game Mode On on the laptop you actually play on and do not farm that machine overnight.
Confirm it is Game Mode, not Efficiency mode
A Game Mode PC pretending it is in a title is not a missing EarnApp promo code.
- If Task Manager still shows an Efficiency / EcoQoS leaf on EarnApp.exe, fix that first on the Efficiency mode guide. You can have the leaf Off and still stall because Game Mode is On and a launcher overlay is “in a game”
- If Energy Saver is still On in Quick Settings, use the Energy Saver guide. That is a whole-PC battery policy; this page is the Gaming toggle
- Settings → Gaming → Game Mode. On means you belong here for the EarnApp box. Off is the spare always-on PC value. A gaming laptop you carry can keep Game Mode On — just do not expect overnight Bright Data on that same device
- A useful test: note the tray, quit Steam/Epic/Xbox Game Bar fully (not only the game window), wait through a quiet night. If earnings recover only after Game Mode Off, you were not missing a promo. Search “Game Mode Windows 11” on Microsoft Learn, not a random “FPS unlock ZIP”
Set Game Mode Off on the EarnApp box
Do this on the machine that actually runs EarnApp, on the home Ethernet port you intend to keep. Do not fight a work laptop whose MDM locks Gaming settings, and do not farm a phone hotspot.
- Open /earnapp/ and use the RefDeal tracked invite if the client is not installed yet. The invite attributes a first signup. It does not change Windows Game Mode
- Settings → Gaming → Game Mode → Off. Then confirm Energy Saver is Off on AC and Task Manager has no Efficiency leaf on EarnApp.exe. All three can be wrong at once
- Best EU path: a spare mini-PC with no game launchers, Game Mode Off, sleep Never on AC, ASPM Off, EEE Off. Hotel portals and café SSIDs are a poor EarnApp path — not a coupon hunt
- Confirm the official tray stays Online through a quiet night. Do not buy a “Game Mode unlock ZIP” or a fake Bright Data overlay pack.
After Game Mode stays Off
Sign in with the same account you intend to keep. Leave the box on AC. Confirm the official tray. Use /earnapp/ if you never started from our tracked invite.
- Tray Online through a quiet week with Game Mode Off: leave it. We will not quote a fake first-day amount. Screenshot your own dashboard if you need a record
- Game Mode Off but the tray vanished after Restart: switch to the autostart/reboot guide. Game Mode is done
- Game Mode Off, tray Online, still $0 after a quiet week with Energy Saver Off, Efficiency leaf Off, ASPM Off, EEE Off, Wi‑Fi unused or Maximum Performance, random MAC Off, USB suspend Off, Ethernet NIC checkbox Off, Fast startup Off, and an unmetered home fibre line: switch to the offline/$0 guide (firewall, official binary, Limited)
- PCs you actually game on: keep Game Mode On while you play. EarnApp on that same overnight session is a poor EU path — plug a spare always-on mini-PC via the tracked invite
What we will not claim
There is no RefDeal EarnApp promo code, no published “Game Mode Off bonus,” and no honest EU minimum we can paste from a 2023 screenshot. Primary CTA stays the EarnApp offer with our tracked invite. Hub: /guides/bandwidth-safety/. Starter: /en/start/bandwidth/.