People Knowing Whenever I Log Into My Computer

[Mackadangdang Jr.]

As soon as I get my desktop up and running and sign in, without opening Steam, I start getting messaged by friends. It would be nice if I could just browse or do work without a bunch of people knowing whenever I'm on my own computer...
I sometimes open PS2 but I downloaded that from the website, not Steam.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Don't log in to the "Friends list" when you log in.

Steam > Settings > Friends and uncheck the first checkbox.

Or you are getting messages that were sent to you while you were offline. No way to stop those.

[Forcen]

Or disable the setting that starts steam with your PC, or unplug your internet when booting.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Forcen:

Or disable the setting that starts steam with your PC, or unplug your internet when booting.

That^^ too!

Steam > Settings > Interface and uncheck that 1st checkbox.

[Kenny32673]

• In the Steam client in the top left corner click "Steam"
  
• Then click "Settings"
  
• On the settings menu click "Friends"
  
• Then untick the box that says "Automatically sign into Friends when I start Steam"
  
• Click OK

The other option is to leave the Friends setting as is and just stop Steam from starting up automatically with your computer.

• On the settings menu click "Interface"
  
• Untick the box that says "Run Steam when my computer starts"
  
• Click OK

Choose either and it will solve your problem.

[Mackadangdang Jr.]

I already have those unchecked, unfortunately. So is it a glitch with Steam or could it be something else?

[MaR1us]

:))

[Forcen]

If you restart your PC does steam start? Do you want to stop this from happening?

Or isn't steam starting and your friends messages you via sms? we kind of assumed they use steam..

[Mackadangdang Jr.]

When I restart my computer the Steam Login Window pops up. I always close out of the Steam Window aftrer using it....do I have to sign completely out instead of closing the program?

That assumption is correct, they message me through Steam. If SMS is used through Steam, its new to me.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

How are you closing Steam. What do you click on?

[Jurassic Fart 3]

You can prevent Steam from launching on system start or reboot. There are three ways to do this:
1. You can disallow the Steam entry in Windows Startup Applications.
2. Manually log out of Steam. Log in again, but THIS time, before you submit your login information, UNCHECK the "remember password" box. The next time the login window appears, you will have to enter the password; it won't be able to effect a transparent login without it.
3. Steam [browser / client]> Settings> Interface: Uncheck "Start Steam when my computer starts."

[Mackadangdang Jr.]

I hit the "x" in the top right corner of the Steam Window. Guess thats wrong?

Steam is not even listed under Startup in Task Manager. I also don't have the "remeber password" bax checked. I always type my password in. That "Start Steam when my computer starts" is also been unchecked.

Does it have something to do with my PC account email being the same as my Steam email???

[Jurassic Fart 3]

Originally posted by KaptainKirchak:

I hit the "x" in the top right corner of the Steam Window. Guess thats wrong?

Steam is not even listed under Startup in Task Manager. I also don't have the "remeber password" bax checked. I always type my password in. That "Start Steam when my computer starts" is also been unchecked.

Does it have something to do with my PC account email being the same as my Steam email???

Dude, dude, dude—you have SO much to learn about computers and the applications that run on them, but about the Steam client in particular. Wrong? Yeah, that's wrong. Hitting the "X" windows control does NOT close the Steam application, nor does it prevent automatic launch on startup (I can't even THINK why you might believe that!).

If Steam is not listed under startup applications in Windows as "Steam Client Bootstrapper," then your Steam application IS NOT launching on startup and logging you in automatically. IT JUST IS NOT.

And you have a "PC email account?" and a "Steam email account?" Dude, I've been using computers since 1984, and there's one thing about those strange "accounts" that I know: NO SUCH ANIMALS EXIST. Unless you are running a server and are hosting your own email account on it, you can't HAVE a "PC email account," and Steam doesn't offer email accounts to its users.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY: Steam is NOT launching transparently on startup and automatically logging you in and thereby allowing you to get message-spammed by your FRIENDS…you ADMIT that you must enter a password every time. So, NOT HAPPENING.

You cannot POSSIBLY be this ignorant, I realize. You MUST be a troll baiting unwary passers-by.

Signed, Not Getting Fooled Again.

[Kenny32673]

Originally posted by Trolley-Hunter:

And you have a "PC email account?" and a "Steam email account?" Dude, I've been using computers since 1984, and there's one thing about those strange "accounts" that I know: NO SUCH ANIMALS EXIST. Unless you are running a server and are hosting your own email account on it, you can't HAVE a "PC email account," and Steam doesn't offer email accounts to its users.

He may well be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with us and yeah a lot of it makes no sense - if those boxes are unticked, Steam isn't booting up and isn't auto logging in either if he has to input his password everytime. But I assumed he was simply talking about his Microsoft account which he uses to log in to Windows being the same email address used on his Steam account - obviously still wouldn't affect anything but at no point did I think he was talking about a "Steam email" account etc.

[Mackadangdang Jr.]

Wow....uhm nah I was legit serious with this. Ya don't have to be a ♥♥♥♥. I was just trying to explain everything and ya had to go on a rant. I was asking for help and ya had to be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If you don't know how to help, then why comment?