Turned my PC on today to find Steam and EDGE acting like I've never used them?

Truebrit · 11 Jun 2024 at 13:26

All settings defaulted and had to sign in again? I have done a Windows malware scan and full Kaspersky scan and found nothing. It is a fresh Windows install about a month ago, I did have a weird thing where Edge was "managed by your organization" when my install was new. And also a problem changing a windows log in screen setting but removing Shutup 10 fixed that.

Should I worry or is this just a Windows brain fart?

LostCorpse · 11 Jun 2024 at 15:26

could be a new windows profile was created due to a corrup profile?
assuming it isnt an ex office pc.

Mcnumpty2323 · 11 Jun 2024 at 15:52

Steam has done it to me
Quite a few times recently
Don't really use edge so no idea on that one
No idea if a steam issue
Or if a windows update caused it

Truebrit · 11 Jun 2024 at 16:43

LostCorpse said:
could be a new windows profile was created due to a corrup profile?
assuming it isnt an ex office pc.

No it's my own PC I've had for 17 years. Put a new MOBO/CPU in a few years back, One weird thing I get also updated the RAM and a few GPU upgrades, but it's all mine.

One weird thing I get also is all video will refuse to play. I'll be watching Youtube and it will will no longer play, and all videos from my hard drive will also not play until I restart. It has been this way before I put in a new SSD a month ago. I think it's to do with my SteelSeries audio software, as sometimes I can end that and it fixes it. But the other stuff is all since my new SSD.

Truebrit · 11 Jun 2024 at 16:44

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Steam has done it to me
Quite a few times recently
Don't really use edge so no idea on that one
No idea if a steam issue
Or if a windows update caused it

My latest Windows update was 5 days ago. So I don't think that's it.

Mcnumpty2323 · 11 Jun 2024 at 16:48

Truebrit said:
My latest Windows update was 5 days ago. So I don't think that's it.

Probably something at steams end then
Wouldn't worry over it
Happens sometimes on Facebook something goes wrong
You try to fix it with no success
Then it fixes itself because it's their end not your pc

Truebrit · 11 Jun 2024 at 19:08

I just remembered Steam crosshair app said I needed to install .NET Runtime so after checking it was OK, I did, and after that my Opentrack headtracking software would take ages to load, I uninstalled .NET with windows then the official uninstall tool, but still Opentrack loads after about 3 mins, when it used to be instant. The next day I wake up to these problems, coincidence?

I downloaded from this link "https://download.visualstudio.micro...c984/windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.6-win-x64.exe"