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  1. K

    Steam Download Speed

    I know that Steam compresses files and part of the issue with download speeds is the decompression by my PC. My downloads top out at about 11mbps when I have 200+ on WiFi according to Ookla Speedtest. I plugged my PC into the ethernet cable directly and my download speed dropped to 5 mbps on...
  2. C

    Windows 11 might've broken my steam client. NEED HELP URGENTLY

    When I started up my computer today, there was no steam icon on my desktop. Even searching everywhere on the computer didn't yield any results. So I redownloaded steam, but none of my games are showing in the client, and when I try to launch any game from the steam library folder on my computer...
    • Cosmo
    • Thread
    • #windows11 please steam techsupport urgent
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows 11
  3. S

    Low FPS on RDR2 suddenly

    I'm currently using an RTX 3070 ti and haven't had any issues in the past few months since I bought it. Out of nowhere RDR2 starts running at about 5 FPS and no amount of settings changes or driver updates have any effect on it, graphics or FPS wise. This is the only game I'm having an issue...
  4. P

    (Steam) My external hard drive cannot download steam games without completely crashing steam.

    I bought a 1TB external hard drive (SAMSUNG) in hope to make some storage space for games. On steam, I've set it as a steam library folder, but whenever I try to download anything onto the external harddrive, my steam completely freezes up, before closing itself. I have no idea what to do...
  5. E

    games being tampered with

    my steam games as well as my ubisoft and other game accounts are being tampered with in real time and games are made unplayable is there anything I can do to fix this they will remove weapons and key functions from games for example in Yakuza they made all enemies have nothing but blue and took...
  6. S

    Red Dead Online Steam Connection Issue

    please someone help me. I have went through great lengths searching for help and Rockstar games just absolutely refuses to help (no surprise there right. Worst customer support ever.). I've joined multiple discord servers, reddit groups, Facebook groups, and online forums and nobody can help me...
  7. huntistheone

    One game ONLY runs when laptop is plugged into external monitor

    I have recently ran into an issue with a game (SMT Nocturne HD Remaster). I was able to play it perfectly using only my laptop screen for a week or so, but then I plugged it into an external monitor and played it. Since then it will only run when it is plugged into the external display. All...
  8. S

    Solved Mysterious crashes?

    Hello experts- Here's what's happening. My son has a gaming PC (specs below) and has only middling success being able to run and play games without the PC suddenly revving up (loud whirring sound) and crashing. The PC seems to remain on (lights, sounds, etc.) but the screens go black. *We did...
  9. DJVOX

    Steam won't install anything

    Ok so as the title says when i download my games on steam it never finishes them. I had this problem before but i was always able to fix them quickly by either clearing my download cache or verifying the game files. This time however, I've tried to install four games and all of them stopped...
    • DJVOX
    • Thread
    • download hard drive error steam
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows 10
  10. Kezsora

    Windows requiring me to run Steam as Admin to download games.

    I'm not able to download games to my A: Drive without running steam as Admin. I've figured out a workaround as I've set Steam to always launch as Admin but that has now stopped Steam for launching when my PC starts which isn't ideal. Also, the software Wallpaper Engine which is launched through...
    • Kezsora
    • Thread
    • admin steam wallpaper engine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows 10
  11. B

    Cpu and Gpu performance drop by 30% in sync

    It all started around 2 weeks ago, steam would take up 30% of my cpu randomly for no reason, was not downloading anything or even doing anything. This caused insane fps lag when playing games So I factory resettled my PC Everything was fine for a few hours when I was downloading everything back...
  12. Ward

    LOW fps on PUBG with a new gaming laptop

    Hello, My laptop (student/gaming) came in yesterday and I quickly bought PUBG, because my other laptops were pretty bad for gaming. Is there any way to boost my fps or graphics with specific settings? Or is it normal that I only get a max of 30fps (settings on very low). I know PUBG isn't...
    • Ward
    • Thread
    • fps gaming graphics help laptop nvidia pubg steam
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Gaming Support
  13. N

    Solved CS:GO kicking me from VAC secured servers

    Hello, thank you to anyone who has the interest in helping me. So my issue is that while playing on a VAC-Secured CS:GO server, after a few hours or so I will get kicked saying that something on my PC is blocking VAC. (I attatched a screenshot of the exact message, called screenshot_1.png)...
    • NCSGeek
    • Thread
    • counter-strike: global offensive csgo gaming steam vac
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Gaming Support
  14. 1

    Solved Many games and apps broken

    -Sorry for the length of this post, there are a lot of problems and I do not know what details are relevant. A few days ago my games started to drop frames dramatically after a few minutes, then crashed with an error message which couldn't be seen through the black screens. When I went to open...
    • 10months
    • Thread
    • dll games nvidia office steam
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Windows 7
  15. D

    Issue(s) with Logitech F310 Gamepad

    Hello All, I will try to be as specific as possible. I have little to no technical expertise with computers, which is why I'm here! I have just purchased a Logitech F310 PC gamepad so that I can play old PlayStation games, that I have just purchased very cheaply off Steam, using a controller...
  16. N

    Closed/Inactive My games are randomly crashing

    Hello, I'm not very good with all the PC specs so not sure what I should give but I'm on windows 10, I have an I7 and GTX 960, 64-bit operating system. I recently bought Dishonoured and for some reason, it keeps crashing at random points during the game, this happens for me on Mount and Blade...
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