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It would appear that the latest build of the windows technical preview has caused some serious stability issues for Steam users.
As we all know, this is a big reason why many people use Windows for their desktop PC. To stably play games =)
I ask that the Microsoft OS engineers please try to track down whatever changes they've introduced with this latest build so that we can once again have the ability to use Steam.
Symptoms: While playing games via steam ( including the two most widely played steam games, Dota2 and CS:GO ) the steam client will randomly crash. The process will completely die and there will be no trace left in the steam client application logs. As a result of steam dying your game will almost instantly end as well. This issue is present in both Steam and steam beta clients.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/624075036312911882/
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/624076027749834093/
I hope there is a solution here. Granted this is a free technical preview, but for me it just became a lot less useful.
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As everyone has said the issue is resolved. I do have a lingering issue. where while in a steam game window it will suddenly close and go to the desktop. Almost as if the gremlins know at a crucial moment they go to the desktop almost can hear the giggles from inside machine lol
anyhow windows 10 is working great
Doug
Yep, just updated today and it totally broke Steam. I also cannot downgrade back to 7 now because it created some phantom account so I am pretty much screwed and now have to reinstall 7 and about 12TB worth of games. Thanks MS, never touching 10 again. Worst OS ever, and I will make sure that that my 60,000 workstations never see it after this experience.
The issue described in this thread has long since been resolved. I'd recommend either explaining what the problem is or searching for people that have similar experiences if you intend on trying to fix it instead of writing off the OS in a huff.
Yep, just updated today and it totally broke Steam. I also cannot downgrade back to 7 now because it created some phantom account so I am pretty much screwed and now have to reinstall 7 and about 12TB worth of games. Thanks MS, never touching 10 again. Worst OS ever, and I will make sure that that my 60,000 workstations never see it after this experience.
How will DirectX diagnostic info help when it's not the game that crashed?
It was steamservice.exe that crashed, and it is a part of steam anti-cheat system (VAC).
Games that uses VAC where the only once to crash, like Counter Strike Source + Global Offensive and Dota 2 (and many more!)
The crashes seamed random, but logic dictates that it must have been when VAC maybe scanned your computer for cheats (like checked if any application has been hooked into the games memory to or what ever)
But anyway, is had nothing to do with DirectX crashing.
Yes, this has been fixed. Like some time in February.
It was fixed by steam, but only on Steam Beta.
Currently I'm running Build 10041 and Steam Beta and CS:GO works perfectly.