Steam client broken after updating to Windows Tech Preview Build 9879

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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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Anonymous

2014-12-02T03:20:20+00:00

Same here, fix asap, or i'm going to have to go back to win 8.1
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Anonymous

2014-12-02T04:02:08+00:00

Source

Steam Client Service

Summary

Stopped working

Date

‎12/‎2/‎2014 1:39 AM

Status

Report sent

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: BEX

Application Name: SteamService.exe

Application Version: 2.50.25.37

Application Timestamp: 546ba70d

Fault Module Name: StackHash_e8ad

Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0

Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

Exception Offset: PCH_F5_FROM_ntdll+0x00064426

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Data: 00000008

OS Version: 6.4.9879.2.0.0.256.48

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: e8ad

Additional Information 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

Additional Information 3: e8ad

Additional Information 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 430a42f5cec926f01c93feb2d9acdd86 (81758908912)

To be precise , steam client service crashed 1st , then steam client crash and following by game freeze/crash. Deleting steamservice.exe works for dota 2 ( which doesn't use VAC I suppose) , but game like CSGO doesn't works.
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Anonymous

2014-12-02T13:52:12+00:00

Same issue here, SteamService.exe started crashing very often after updating to 9879.

Other thread in steamcommunity:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/624076027493640814/
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Anonymous

2014-12-02T15:22:44+00:00

Same here.

Reverted to win 8.1 after getting the last DP, as it broke Steam, and also introduced some trouble with graphics driver crashing.
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Anonymous

2014-12-03T02:08:48+00:00

Same here:

Log Name: Application

Source: Application Error

Date: 2014-12-03 02:37:22

Event ID: 1000

Task Category: (100)

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: HåBe

Description:

Faulting application name: SteamService.exe, version: 2.50.25.37, time stamp: 0x546ba70d

Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00000000

Faulting process id: 0x2760

Faulting application start time: 0x01d00e7bf4c2bd78

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe

Faulting module path: unknown

Report Id: ed0319a1-7a8c-11e4-95f1-e03f496ecd38

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:
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