Steam Problems

[8=D]

Hey well, recently I have been using steam and my friends list is screwy. I cant press friends or ill get auto-exited out of steam, i cant use shift+tab either. Ive tried reinstalling steam and a bunch of other things. Anyone know whats wrong or how to fix it?

[Labarr]

Hey well, recently I have been using steam and my friends list is screwy. I cant press friends or ill get auto-exited out of steam, i cant use shift+tab either. Ive tried reinstalling steam and a bunch of other things. Anyone know whats wrong or how to fix it?

 

Which steam r you using? the Old one or the new Beta one?

And when this happens and you go into the task manager processes AFTER is steam on there?

Also what Operating system you running?

[8=D]

it was the regular steam then i tried beta then the same problem occured after about a week.... its not an issue of operating systems, i think its my account because im logging on from a laptop i just got in hawaii and it still dont work. i usaly play on my xp dell computer and now im on a sony vaio laptop runing vista.

[8=D]

Ok i really need help with this now, i cant pm admins on my friends list to go mute spammers, ban racists etc, so please help me.

[Jager]

just reinstall steam to the same area, or if you want a fresh start right click each game you own in the games library and go to properties, then local content and use the backup option then reinstall steam.

[Labarr]

in the settings on steam, make sure steam in game is turned on.

[crazy_tim412]

have you tried steam forums?

I searched for "overlay crash friends" and found 14 topic only made today

seems like a big problem

 

main reason(the thing they all have the same): Battlefield BC2.

apperntly when you get an achievement there is a change in a text file

which makes the overlay unstable

 

2 best fixes I pulled out of it:

1)

Try to boot cs:s while steam is offline mode and go online when cs:s is running

if it gives an error, close the game, start it in online mode and hope for the best

2) try deleting steam and only installing css, and no other games

 

more I couldnt find, but I`ll keep my eye on the techforum for you

 

edit: steam/valve worker/moderator is deleting most of the threads, he merged all helpfull posts into one topic

but the link he gave is dead, I`ll try to reach him

[b0red]

Try switching the friends button to something different like pgup

[8=D]

Try switching the friends button to something different like pgup

 

thats not the problem. when i try acessing friends in or out of a game, i get closed out of the game (if im playing it) and steam.

[`Pepper.]

Reinstall steam.