can't log in error code e84

[ShadowAceFury]

can't log in it give me error code e84

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

- Ensure you're entering in your account login NAME, not email.
- Ensure you're entering in your password exactly as you set it to begin with, if you use caps, or not, and anything else.
- Ensure not using any 3rd party apps to mess with steam, or files & permissions.
- Ensure your clock is set to the correct time, even VPN/proxy can cause this issue.
- If client file the issue, head to where steam installed, delete everything except for Steamapp folder, and Steam.exe file, once done run Steam.exe and see if it resolve.

[Kargor]

Also, from a technical perspective, 84 would be "rate limit exceeded". This generally means "too many tries in a short timeframe" -- but, I can't tell whether or how it applies to logins specifically. Also, Steam sometimes uses error codes in a somewhat flexible way...

There's also the possibility of a false positive, if multiple people share the same public IP address.

This is assuming the "e" is just added by Steam, to indicate "error". If it's actually part of a hex error code, which means 3716 in decimal, then I have no idea what it might mean.

[ShadowAceFury]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Also, from a technical perspective, 84 would be "rate limit exceeded". This generally means "too many tries in a short timeframe" -- but, I can't tell whether or how it applies to logins specifically. Also, Steam sometimes uses error codes in a somewhat flexible way...

There's also the possibility of a false positive, if multiple people share the same public IP address.

This is assuming the "e" is just added by Steam, to indicate "error". If it's actually part of a hex error code, which means 3716 in decimal, then I have no idea what it might mean.

account use me and my father, he log out and try log in, but he forget password and after some try log in he get text error

[ShadowAceFury]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

- Ensure you're entering in your account login NAME, not email.
- Ensure you're entering in your password exactly as you set it to begin with, if you use caps, or not, and anything else.
- Ensure not using any 3rd party apps to mess with steam, or files & permissions.
- Ensure your clock is set to the correct time, even VPN/proxy can cause this issue.
- If client file the issue, head to where steam installed, delete everything except for Steamapp folder, and Steam.exe file, once done run Steam.exe and see if it resolve.

I uninstall and install again but nothing happen

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

account use me and my father, he log out and try log in, but he forget password and after some try log in he get text error

If you fail too many times you get cooldown, wait couple hours before doing it, if keep spamming it the cooldown get longer.

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

I uninstall and install again but nothing happen

All the things I listed is to remove any other faults that might be the issue. As you said your father failed too many time which place cooldown before can login, so wait couple hours before trying again.

Reason for this is to stop people from trying to brute force into people account that point of this cooldown.

[ShadowAceFury]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

account use me and my father, he log out and try log in, but he forget password and after some try log in he get text error

If you fail too many times you get cooldown, wait couple hours before doing it, if keep spamming it the cooldown get longer.

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

I uninstall and install again but nothing happen

All the things I listed is to remove any other faults that might be the issue. As you said your father failed too many time which place cooldown before can login, so wait couple hours before trying again.

Reason for this is to stop people from trying to brute force into people account that point of this cooldown.

he try log in yesterday it was pass 24 hours, we try 3 times in the day but still nothing

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

If you fail too many times you get cooldown, wait couple hours before doing it, if keep spamming it the cooldown get longer.


All the things I listed is to remove any other faults that might be the issue. As you said your father failed too many time which place cooldown before can login, so wait couple hours before trying again.

Reason for this is to stop people from trying to brute force into people account that point of this cooldown.

he try log in yesterday it was pass 24 hours, we try 3 times in the day but still nothing

Is he able to login to account via browser?

[ShadowAceFury]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

he try log in yesterday it was pass 24 hours, we try 3 times in the day but still nothing

Is he able to login to account via browser?

yes, I even change account password

[Witcher]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

he try log in yesterday it was pass 24 hours, we try 3 times in the day but still nothing

Is he able to login to account via browser?

I log in yaaay thanks

[Witcher]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by BlackAngel:

he try log in yesterday it was pass 24 hours, we try 3 times in the day but still nothing

Is he able to login to account via browser?

that dummy use wrong account name

[hugh750]

i ended up deleting everything but the steam.exe file and the steam subfolder and that worked for me.