Win 10 busy cursor when steam client is open, anyone else experiencing this?

[Joopajoo1337]

Hey people.

Just few days ago i started noticing that when my steam client is on, my window 10 cursor is blinking the busy circle every 2 seconds for 4 seconds. Its super annoying and ive been trying to figure out a fix for this but nothing yet.

If i exit steam this behaviour stops and cursor stays normal all the time.
Ive tried reinstalling steam, participating in beta update, chkdsk.. nothing has helped so far.

The only time this stops while steam is on is when steam is downloading updates for games but after theyre finished this starts again.

Its super annoying and i have no idea what triggered this in the first place but its been happening now for few days...

Please help, i really wouldnt like to reinstall my windows just for this problem.

EDIT:
Problem dissappeared when i reset my modem to default settings.

[xoFcitcrA]

Yeah, I've got a similar issue with 8.1. Still looking for a solution.
HOWEVER, going into Settings > Web Browser and deleting the cache or going into Settings > Interface and disabling DirectWrite has worked for several other folks.

[Joopajoo1337]

Messaggio originale di xoFcitcrA:

Yeah, I've got a similar issue with 8.1. Still looking for a solution.
HOWEVER, going into Settings > Web Browser and deleting the cache or going into Settings > Interface and disabling DirectWrite has worked for several other folks.

Tried this and tried fidling with all the other settings but didnt work sadly :(

[Joopajoo1337]

Tried reinstalling win 10 2 times and third time to a whole different HDD and didnt install any extra drivers and its still doing this same ♥♥♥♥.

WTF is going on???

[MancSoulja]

Messaggio originale di JoopaJoo1337:

Tried reinstalling win 10 2 times and third time to a whole different HDD and didnt install any extra drivers and its still doing this same ♥♥♥♥.

WTF is going on???

Do you happen to have GeForce Experience installed?

[Joopajoo1337]

Messaggio originale di MancSoulja:

Messaggio originale di JoopaJoo1337:

Tried reinstalling win 10 2 times and third time to a whole different HDD and didnt install any extra drivers and its still doing this same ♥♥♥♥.

WTF is going on???

Do you happen to have GeForce Experience installed?

On a fresh install i dont have anything installed but before i started reinstalling my pc i did have geforce experience yes.

But now its a 100% clean install to a whole different hdd and its still doing this so im really starting to think its a steam issue.

[Joopajoo1337]

Downloaded a software called process hacker which is kind of extended task manager and i found out that steamwebhelper.exe is doing something weird every 6 seconds which matches the busy circle routine.

Its posting a close wait state and establishing a new connection to personal.inet.fi every 6 seconds for some reason. Also the threads addresses goes wild everytime this happens.

The same routine seems to go on indefinitely, got no idea wtf does this mean :D

[Joopajoo1337]

And more updates!

I connected to my phones wifi via usb wifi tungle and the problem is gone. Also connected to my homes modem via wifi and still no busy circle.

Dunno why its doing the infinite on off loop with cable and not on wifi?

[MancSoulja]

Messaggio originale di JoopaJoo1337:

And more updates!

I connected to my phones wifi via usb wifi tungle and the problem is gone. Also connected to my homes modem via wifi and still no busy circle.

Dunno why its doing the infinite on off loop with cable and not on wifi?

First guess would to check and make sure you have the latest LAN driver.

[Joopajoo1337]

Yea thats exactly what i thought aswell but i just did all of that earlier. I just reseted my modem and now it doesnt do the busy circle loop anymore? wtf..

[Alex Sander]

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[Alex Sander]

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[Nexiber]

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[The Giving One]

Messaggio originale di JoopaJoo1337:

Yea thats exactly what i thought aswell but i just did all of that earlier. I just reseted my modem and now it doesnt do the busy circle loop anymore? wtf..

Post the model number of the computer you have, as well as the model.

If custom built, post the exact motherboard instead, please.

[Joopajoo1337]

Messaggio originale di The Giving One:

Messaggio originale di JoopaJoo1337:

Yea thats exactly what i thought aswell but i just did all of that earlier. I just reseted my modem and now it doesnt do the busy circle loop anymore? wtf..

Post the model number of the computer you have, as well as the model.

If custom built, post the exact motherboard instead, please.

asus rog strix z270f gaming

Still cant figure out how does a modem reset fix this problem?

[The Giving One]

Assuming you have Windows 10 64 bit, is this the board ? (edit... scroll down on the page)

https://www.asus.com/support/Download/1/50/8/6/ouGRuCxPqXbYglEa/45/

I have personally been having issues using the ASUS site yesterday and today. I have to use cached versions of searches on Google when looking for drivers.

Windows 10 is "supposed" to keep your drivers up to date, from what I understand, which I personally hate.

However, I have seen cases where the user thought they were and were not, and downloading them and installing them fixed the issue they were having.

I suggest you download and install them, or make sure they are all up to date.

EDIT...The site seems to be working differently than I have seen in the past. Here......

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z270F-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/

I see lots of new drivers there.