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FGK Oct 3, 2021 @ 2:08am
Can't connect to friends network, steam pages are all broken... Even in the browser...
My friend's steam suddenly become like this...
https://imgur.com/a/NvPCNAv

He has done everything there is he can find on the internet...
Does anyone know how to fix this??
Btw, even though he can't connect to steam friends network, he can still use Youtube or anything without a problem.
Basically, only steam is broken...
Last edited by FGK; Oct 3, 2021 @ 2:10am
Originally posted by Drake:
I also had this problem, not only with Steam, but also with many websites on Chrome, but not in Firefox. I recently fixed it. It's caused by expiration of web certificate called "DST Root CA X3". To make it work he has to install new certificate. He can go to the website https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/

and download "ISRG Root X1" .der for Windows, then manually select store of "trusted root certification authorities".
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wuddih Oct 3, 2021 @ 2:56am 
steam settings -> web browser -> delete cache and cookies.
FGK Oct 3, 2021 @ 3:16am 
Originally posted by wuddih:
steam settings -> web browser -> delete cache and cookies.
He already tried that...
And it didn't work for him sadly... :(
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Drake Oct 4, 2021 @ 12:26pm 
I also had this problem, not only with Steam, but also with many websites on Chrome, but not in Firefox. I recently fixed it. It's caused by expiration of web certificate called "DST Root CA X3". To make it work he has to install new certificate. He can go to the website https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/

and download "ISRG Root X1" .der for Windows, then manually select store of "trusted root certification authorities".
crunchyfrog Oct 4, 2021 @ 12:50pm 
Originally posted by FGK:
Originally posted by wuddih:
steam settings -> web browser -> delete cache and cookies.
He already tried that...
And it didn't work for him sadly... :(

If that didn't work then it's likely the usual server issues that are going on . It seemed to start over a week ago (or at least get worse) and has affected a whole host of things.

I typically get that image during sale periods when it's congested.

All you can do for now if the clearing of the cache didn't work is to leave it for a few hours and try later. To be sure, it can be helpful if you just leave any "administrative" work on Steam (ie. anything where you're not playing games) until last thing before bed to ensure the least number of people are on.
Martimus Prime Oct 4, 2021 @ 2:34pm 
Friend list doesn't show for me either.
Arale Oct 4, 2021 @ 4:25pm 
i have same problem here, try all solution on internet. But don't work. And have reinstall steam, but didn't work.

Vega Oct 4, 2021 @ 9:36pm 
Same here, my friends see me as offline. Cant connect with them. Did the clear browser, reboot router and pc. Even re installed steam. This started so 10 or more hours back. I send a mail to steam support but reply say they dont use that email anymore. How do one then contact Steam?
crunchyfrog Oct 4, 2021 @ 11:03pm 
Originally posted by Kinnikuman:
i have same problem here, try all solution on internet. But don't work. And have reinstall steam, but didn't work.
It won't as stated here - it's a known issue that's been going on for over a week at least.

If you read all the posts you'd quickly know that there's nothing much you can try.
Vega Oct 4, 2021 @ 11:11pm 
What puzzel me bit, the support email to Steam is not in use anymore. We pay tons off money to them for games and apps. How do one fix problems if we cant phone or mail them with errors?? "support@steampowered.com" just give no reply and say it not been monitor anymore!!!
crunchyfrog Oct 4, 2021 @ 11:28pm 
Originally posted by Vega:
What puzzel me bit, the support email to Steam is not in use anymore. We pay tons off money to them for games and apps. How do one fix problems if we cant phone or mail them with errors?? "support@steampowered.com" just give no reply and say it not been monitor anymore!!!

Because that's not how it works at all. THere is no support email and never has been.

And no while it's common to think "hhmm, why don't they add phone support" it doesn't actually do what you think it does. It would most likely make things WORSE.

Back long before I was retired one job I had was setting up helplines/help centres for companies. This involved looking at the the projection of calls versus number of clients, whether they advertised on TV, for exmaple (as that would mean more calls in one go), and how long a typical call would last and much, much more.

Valve get iirc, tens of thousands of tickets per day (see for yourself here - https://store.steampowered.com/stats/support/ ). Now, consider this - Valve instead of using a ticket system decided to set up a phone support line.

Let's assume for arguments sake this equated to an average of 40,000 calls per day. That's 5,000 per hour (8 hour day). Assuming you could deal with every single call within 1 minute (which is going to be darned near impossible) that still equates to needing more than 83 staff members to tackle this flat out.

And because that's flat out, any slight increase in calls means you will then be stuck in a queu.

And I guarantee that NOBODY will prefer that to making a ticket and going back to gaming while they wait for the response.

Lastly, it doesn't particular speed anything up either. True, some tickets can be sped up if they're simlpe little things. But the wait time is still going to be there.

But with account related queries or payment related queries, most times you cannot get an answer there arnd then simply because they have to check with outside companies. That not only takes more time but involves likely having to call you back, again extending the time taken and making it even worse for those having to queue.

So no, it doesn't work like that I'm afraid.
Vega Oct 4, 2021 @ 11:34pm 
Just posted a ticket to steam and got a feedback in like min. Not posting full message this is what they replied "We are aware of the problem and are investigating the issue further. " So they are hard busy to finding the bug :)
Drake Oct 5, 2021 @ 1:46am 
OMG, I gave you all solution in my post before... It has nothing to do with servers or any other nonsense. At 30 september important web certificate expired(which you can read about it) and many older devices have problem with displaying web pages. You can fix it within 1 minute... Before I also couldn't launch friends list and everything in steam looked like css wouldn't be loaded, just plain text on black screen. After installing new certificate everything came back to normal... so you can clear more cache, reinstall steam, do voodoo rituals, but it won't work without that substitute certficate, that's all...
Arale Oct 5, 2021 @ 2:27am 
Originally posted by Drake:
I also had this problem, not only with Steam, but also with many websites on Chrome, but not in Firefox. I recently fixed it. It's caused by expiration of web certificate called "DST Root CA X3". To make it work he has to install new certificate. He can go to the website https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/

and download "ISRG Root X1" .der for Windows, then manually select store of "trusted root certification authorities".

Thanks bro, this fixed my problem.....
Vega Oct 5, 2021 @ 2:36am 
i did that and it did not fix mine. So my hope is in steam
crunchyfrog Oct 5, 2021 @ 7:20am 
Originally posted by Drake:
OMG, I gave you all solution in my post before... It has nothing to do with servers or any other nonsense. At 30 september important web certificate expired(which you can read about it) and many older devices have problem with displaying web pages. You can fix it within 1 minute... Before I also couldn't launch friends list and everything in steam looked like css wouldn't be loaded, just plain text on black screen. After installing new certificate everything came back to normal... so you can clear more cache, reinstall steam, do voodoo rituals, but it won't work without that substitute certficate, that's all...
Wrong.

There's a few issues going on at the same time. It's a fallacy to assume it's one thing only.

The web certificate expiriation is for Win 7 users, not Win 10 for a start.

Valve HAVE issues that are affecting a number of services and they've stated they're looking into it. You are quite wrong.
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