My steam sign in screen is completely black

[Aether]

when i open steam the sign in screen is completely black then will show a error saying "Steam encountered an error(#2) while rendering the page you were viewing. Click here to reload"
ive tried some of the stuff i found on here but they didnt work so pls help

[Steven Seagull]

What operating system do you use?

[RiO]

Start steam with the -noreactlogin parameter.
This will make it use the old login window which is not based on a webview.

Go to Settings -> Interface and Disable the "Enable GPU-accelerated rendering in web views" setting.

Restart Steam without the -noreactlogin parameter. See if you get the new login window.


Also; report this as a bug in the Steam Client beta forum, please.
If people that experience with this problem don't formally report it as a problem but keep being satisfied with workarounds, then eventually they will have a problem when Valve removes the old login completely and the -noreactlogin bypass stops working...

[Steven Seagull]

I hope -noreactlogin never stops working because Chromium won't be supported on Windows 7 from 2023 January. This new login is using Chromium. If you pass -no-browser but not -noreactlogin, then you can't login anymore...

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The beta should have this black screen patched.

[RiO]

Originally posted by Steven Seagull:

I hope -noreactlogin never stops working because Chromium won't be supported on Windows 7 from 2023 January. This new login is using Chromium. If you pass -no-browser but not -noreactlogin, then you can't login anymore...

You shouldn't be using Windows 7 on a system connected to the internet.
It is ridiculously unsafe these days given the lack of security updates and mass amount of vulnerabilities that were discovered the last few years in legacy Windows components like the print spooler.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by Steven Seagull:

because Chromium won't be supported on Windows 7 from 2023 January.

Oh oh, well, that's kind of an issue for me too. Guess I'll be forced to "upgrade" then. I wanted to dual boot 7 and 10 but if Steam isn't usable on 7 that's kinda annoying.

[lightwo]

Originally posted by Steven Seagull:

I hope -noreactlogin never stops working because Chromium won't be supported on Windows 7 from 2023 January. This new login is using Chromium. If you pass -no-browser but not -noreactlogin, then you can't login anymore...

The bigger issue is that the entire client already uses Chromium for the interface to the point even Small Mode is only half-usable. There are ways to downgrade the client, but it's a bit finnicky.

[Euphytose]

So Win7 users are screwed completely then, that's nice to know. I'm glad I read this thread because I'll need to seriously think about buying a copy of 10 and a new drive.

[lightwo]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

So Win7 users are screwed completely then, that's nice to know. I'm glad I read this thread because I'll need to seriously think about buying a copy of 10 and a new drive.

You could also look into using a Linux distribution such as Linux Mint, however don't immediately begin using it as your main operating system until you get comfortable with it.

[Euphytose]

Nah, Linux and gaming are not compatible. Too many games aren't supported. I know Linux is the superior OS but unfortunately if you want to play you have no choice.

Emulators can also be very buggy.

[lightwo]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Nah, Linux and gaming are not compatible. Too many games aren't supported. I know Linux is the superior OS but unfortunately if you want to play you have no choice.

Em*lators can also be very buggy.

It really depends on what games you want to play. Singleplayer games generally work across the board, but there are some exceptions (ex. NVIDIA 10 series/Pascal graphics cards underperform in DX12 games on Linux). Many multiplayer games work too, but not every publisher enabled anticheat for Linux players. ProtonDB.com can be used to check how a game might perform for you.

Em*lators generally have good compatibility since they typically have native builds, but X*nia doesn't have a stable Linux build yet.

[Euphytose]

Why do you censor emulator? I know we're not allowed to talk about console emulation here, but I don't think emulating another OS, that you bought, is against the rules, right?

Edit: Also thanks for the link, but currently I'm having some issues with some games with my Win7 system, unsurprisingly. So I'm not about to install an OS with which I can run into other issues, that would be really annoying.

I want something that works flawlessly out of the box.

[lightwo]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Why do you censor emulator? I know we're not allowed to talk about console emulation here, but I don't think emulating another OS, that you bought, is against the rules, right?

That's virtualisation, but it works very well with VT functionality. Look into GPU passthrough to make the best use of your GPU while using a virtualised OS.

[Euphytose]

Yeah... This is way too complicated for me. I can format a drive, install my OS, swap a few components, etc... But doing this is probably extremely hard and I just want to play my video games you know? As in, install my OS, install Steam, install the game, and start playing.

Unfortunately with Win10 you can't disable Aero, which is a pretty serious issue, but seeing as Steam won't even launch on 7 then I'm out of options, I will absolutely need to swap the OS this time. I managed to wait a long time though, can't complain.

[lightwo]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Yeah... This is way too complicated for me. I can format a drive, install my OS, swap a few components, etc... But doing this is probably extremely hard and I just want to play my video games you know? As in, install my OS, install Steam, install the game, and start playing.

Unfortunately with Win10 you can't disable Aero, which is a pretty serious issue, but seeing as Steam won't even launch on 7 then I'm out of options, I will absolutely need to swap the OS this time. I managed to wait a long time though, can't complain.

In that case, it may be best to downgrade your Steam install. I haven't personally tried this guide, but I hope it works for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knIfk_-YOS8