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can't connect to Steam

futurefields

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Jun 2, 2012
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keeps saying "Could not connect to Steam network"

my internet is working though, and my login/password are correct (it lets me into my account just wont connect the client)
 

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Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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My Steam just updated and had same problem right after,guess it's Steam because I've my Origin launcher and Firefox browser working fine,try later.
 

futurefields

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Jun 2, 2012
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I had to reinstall Steam, now it works. What a joke, every day i lean more and more towards getting a console again but the CPU's they put in those things are a joke - only thing holding me back.
 

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Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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I had to reinstall Steam, now it works. What a joke, every day i lean more and more towards getting a console again but the CPU's they put in those things are a joke - only thing holding me back.


No need to reinstall Steam,mine is working fine now.
 

ronbo613

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Jan 9, 2010
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I had to reinstall Steam, now it works. What a joke, every day i lean more and more towards getting a console again but the CPU's they put in those things are a joke - only thing holding me back.
I'm bailing my Xbox and going back to PC gaming for numerous reasons, hate to hear bad news about Steam, they are one of my concerns about multiplayer PC gaming, but what other options are there?
 

surfsatwerk

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Mar 6, 2008
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I had to reinstall Steam, now it works. What a joke, every day i lean more and more towards getting a console again but the CPU's they put in those things are a joke - only thing holding me back.

:|

Srsly call me when we're back to making boot disks and reallocating vram. PC gaming has never been more effortless.
 

Revolution 11

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Jun 2, 2011
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I have also had several problems with Steam over the last year. Numerous outages and failed logins.

To be fair, all of these problems were solved by either:
1.Waiting a few hours
2. Restarting Steam
3. Rebooting the PC
4. Repairing/reconnecting the network adapter.
 

Stringjam

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Jun 30, 2011
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:|

Srsly call me when we're back to making boot disks and reallocating vram. PC gaming has never been more effortless.

Thank you for perspective. I seriously believe half the people who PC game now and bitch have NO IDEA what it used to be like.
 

Nvidiaguy07

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Feb 22, 2008
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I have also had several problems with Steam over the last year. Numerous outages and failed logins.

To be fair, all of these problems were solved by either:
1.Waiting a few hours
2. Restarting Steam
3. Rebooting the PC
4. Repairing/reconnecting the network adapter.

problem looks like its on your end.