If your browsers are also affected, or the previous steps didn't work

Renew your IP and flush your DNS cache ( as video

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ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

ipconfig /flushdns

Allow Steam through your Firewall

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Temporarily disable your anti-virus software

Change LAN settings ( as video

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Reset your Network Adapter ( as video

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Start CMD as an administrator by searching for "CMD" in the Windows menu, right-click it and select Run as administrator.



Type in and execute the following command:



netsh winsock reset

Restart your computer.

Close background applications

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IOBIT software such as e.g. IObit Advanced SystemCare



such as e.g. Steam tools such as "MM Server Picker" and (to some extent) IdleMaster



such as and (to some extent) Nvidia network manager ( NvNetworkService , mostly older versions)



( , mostly older versions) "System Booster" Tools such as Razor Cortex



Tools such as Bad anti-virus software



VPNs and proxies



(borderline) Malware such as Lavasoft

Scan for adware and malware

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Renewing your IP and flushing your DNS cache information is used to address networking issues.Startby searching for "" in the Windows menu, right-click it and selectNow enter the following commands 1 by 1, pressing Enter after each one and waiting till the previous command has finished.You'll be temporarily disconnected from the internet.Restart your computer.Connection related issues can be caused by your firewall blocking Steam or Steam related services and connections.If you are on a public network or business or school network, connection issues can occur due to filters or similar things placed on the network. Unless you have administrator access to the network there is nothing you can do about this.Temporarily disable your firewall and see if it solved the issue. If it did, try to allow/whitelist Steam and Steam related services and connections through your firewall.from How-To Geek.from Apple.Your anti-virus software,, can be blocking your connection or otherwise might be causing issues with it.First check the quarantine for files related to Steam and in that case assess if those are false-positives (simply Google them). Otherwise go to your anti-virus options and disable it and restart Steam. If this fixes the issue you need to whitelist Steam and Steam related services through your anti-virus.If you do not know how to disable your particular anti-virus or how to whitelist processes and connections you'll have to Google how to do it as there are too many anti-viruses out there to list how to do it on each individual one.In some rare occasions Windows might detect wrong settings for your LAN adapter.Open the Windows, go to> change to thetab > click onand disable. Restart Steam and test the issue again. If it doesn't help, try again with the setting enabled.Also try to disable the option to use a proxy if it is enabled.The following fix is also known as a, it resets your network adapter which can solve some internet and connection related issues.Connection and web-page related issues can be caused by other applications or devices hogging your internet.Close background applications, 1 by 1, and restart Steam in-between each one to see if there is a difference.Turn off or disconnect other devices that is using the same modem or router that you are.As you did with the applications, turn off or disconnect these devices 1 by 1 and restart Steam in-between each device to see if there is a difference.The reason you are closing applications and disconnecting devices 1 by 1 is to pinpoint which application or device might be causing it.It is also recommended to turn on Storage Sense in Windows 10. Storage Sense eliminates programs like CCleaner as it does the exact same thing automatically, on it's own and does not require any additional programs.Common programs known to cause issues:Adware, malware, and PUPs can take up a lot of resources in the background, they can break other software and generally cause issues,We recommend the following utilities:Download and run Malwarebytes and remove anything the program finds, and restart your computer.After that, download and run AdwCleaner and remove anything the program finds, and restart your computer.