Windows 10: updates for steam and epic not downloading but everything else is.

Hi everybody I am having a problem that developed within the past couple weeks. I will start up steam and downloading updates will be stuck at 20kb/s when I usually get 1 to 2 mb/s. Then it will start to slow down to 0 and stop entirely. I also noticed disk usage will be at 0 so I figured it may have been a bad drive but I went from updating dirt 2.0, which is on a ssd, to updating the hunter, this game is on a mechanical drive, and t does the same thing. So I figured it was my internet connection but I went and updated my video card drivers through geforce experience and I was getting close to 3 mb/s download speed for that so it cant be my internet connection. I went to the epic launcher to try and play mechwarrior 5 and it needed an update and it did the same there. Not sure what is going on. I did try turning the firewall off and on and also made sure both game launchers were in my accepted programs list for windows defender. I also did the clearing of download cache and restarting computer and made sure all drivers were up to date and I also used the windows tool to check my hard drives and everything checks out. Not sure what is going on. It may have been from the recent windows update but I did try to revert back to a prior recovery date and it did not solve the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I am extremely sorry for the long post. Thanks again everybody. Be safe and stay healthy.

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Downloading issues with steam and epic but nothing else

Hi everyone! This may be long winded but here we go. A couple weeks ago after the recent windows update my computer has started having a problem while downloading updates using Steam and Epic games launcher. While using steam I noticed that downloads would
start downloading around 800kb/s to 1mb/s then it would slowly go down to 20kb/s then stop completely. I thought that maybe this was a bad hard drive (ssd) so I tried another update for a game that was on a mechanical hard drive and it did the same thing.
I figured since it is spanning multiple drives it would seem unlikely that it would be bad drives. I did run the disk check through windows and that reported all my drives have no errors. I first tried turning the firewall off an that seemed to work to fix
steam but not the epic launcher. I then read that they released a fix for the internet connectivity so I downloaded that and installed it but now it went back to having bad download speed to not downloading at all whether the firewall is off or on. I also
tried rolling back windows through windows recovery but got an error so it couldn't restore from the restore point before update. I then thought ok maybe it's my internet connection but I downloaded both the windows update and the driver for my network adapter
and they had a download speed of almost 2mb/s. I also download a driver for my video card and that downloaded at a solid 2.5mb/s with no drop outside and also updated Call of Duty at 2mb/s to 3mb/s with no problems. Not sure what is interfering with steam
and epic and my hard drives. All drives are from 1 to 3 years old and the OS is on it's own 256gb ssd. I tried reinstalling both game launchers but that doesn't do anything. Not sure what else to do at this point. I built this computer so it has an i7 7700k
on a ROG maximus hero is. 32gb ram and an rtx 2070. It has the OS on a samsung 850 ssd and has two mechanical drives both from WD and two other ssds one a 500gb and the other 1tb ssd both are also samsung drives. I also ran a complete virus scan with windows
defender. I am truly sorry for all of the reading material I provided and any help is greatly appreciated. Hope you all have a safe and great day.

 

Windows blocking Steam and Epic games and websites.

Windows has started Epic and Steam, as well as access to game webpages. Even, Roblox, installed in my PC, does not start. It must have something to do with the latest update. Messages go from Invalid SSL to Invalid Certificate. I have already tried disabling
Windows Defender and checking Windows Security certificates. Everything seems OK, but the EPIC and STEAM launchers are prevented from accessing Internet and Roblox closes down withou even starting. How do we fix this?

 

Steam

Hi Sam,

There are several reasons why you are unable to play the game that you installed using the Steam Client. It is possible that the app is corrupted or the permission settings are not enabled on your PC. To resolve your concern, we suggest that you reset the
app.

This process can help restore corrupted game installation files. Here's how:

• Press the Windows key on your keyboard, and then click the Settings icon.
  
• Select System, and then select Apps & features.
  
• Find the game, and then click on Advanced options.
  
• Click Reset.
• Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

You may visit this
link for the instructions on how to enable app permissions on your PC.

Make sure that you are using an administrator account to launch the app. If you are still experiencing the same issue, remove the
ClientRegistry.blob file by following the steps below:

• Close the Steam Client and go to the Steam root folder or C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam.
• Look for the ClientRegistry.blob file.
• Make a copy of the file and change it to a different file name. (for example, copy.ClientRegistry.blog)
• Delete the original file.
• Launch the Steam Client and run your game again.

If the issue persists, you may relocate the Steam Client by performing the steps below:

• Close the Steam Client app and go to the Steam installation folder.
• Browse for the installation files that you would like to move.
• Delete all of the files inside that folder except the SteamApps & Userdata and Steam.exe.
• You may cut and paste the whole Steam installation folder to a default storage location on your PC.
• Launch the app again and make sure to log in using your account.

After signing in, you'll need to change the default installation path for the games that you will install in the future. Here's how:

• Launch the Steam Client and go to the Settings
  menu.Select Steam Library Folders from the
  Downloads tab.
• You may create a new path by selecting Add Library Folder. All future installations will go directly to the newly created path.
• Right-click on the newly created path and make sure that it is set to default.

If you are still unable to play your games using the Steam Client, we recommend that you contact
Steam Support directly for additional solutions in fixing the app and its components.

Should you have any other queries, you can contact us anytime.