That's very odd. I haven't used Windows for a long time, however upon checking a Steam Forums people generally concur that Windows 7 will not be supported for long; https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/3570700856113376870/ https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1747894017709951068/ So it doesn't look great.. With that said, if you have free reign of the HDD (that is, you can install/wipe/do what you like with it) might I suggest Linux? While I understand that might be quite a dubious proposition this is exactly how I got into Linux - a laptop refused to repair or boot Windows and I was told it would be best to just throw it away. I instead installed Linux on it and got another 2 years out of the laptop before I accidentally broke it. I'm not sure what games you're hoping to run but aside from a few Call of Duty games most of my library (500+ games) works fine with Linux+Steams Proton. Obviously getting it working on Windows 7 would be ideal for you, however if other people agree that Windows 7 is somewhat outdated (and that would be a shame because I got on okay with that OS) then you're not entirely out of options. While I'm absolutely not very good with Linux there is fantastic documentation and support (e.g; I couldn't get a game to launch this morning and within an hour I had someone tell me what was wrong, how to fix it and it's working now). I wish you the best of luck with your issue, I'm sorry this is more of a sales pitch of Linux than actual support but I'd figured I'd offer an alternative solution to your issue if you're unable to find one. Best of luck! I think Zekiran refered to Steam itself. It works fine, likely. I would suggest you to try Firefox and run Steam Friends in that browser. It should work, and if that works, its very likely the SSL certificate issue I mentioned. The reason why Firefox works is because its programmed to trust newer root certificates and yes, these 'trust issues' can be different per program. Although they tend to use the same store, the main 'database' basically that is used by your pc. You can manually install a few certificates yourself that could potentially replace it or force your system to trust newer certs, but idk if that will extend to the chromium browser used by the Steam Client. The problematic certificate is DST Root CA
X3, which has two providers. (you can look it up in certlm, which provider your system has). This certificate recently expired. Edit: fyi Edit 2 : First, if anything, just check 'certmng' and see if you have ISRG Root X1. If not, you may need to download and install it. Grab at least:
https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.pem The following steps are done at your own risk. I recommend scanning files and such just to be sure, and such. Anyway... to install the certificates: Open MMC (Microsoft Management Console) Hit CTRL+M again and add the group policy object editor Hit Apply, OK. You're done. Edit 3: It should now work normally. If not, you may need to remove the old expired certificate. Let me know the results ;p Edit 4: (11 hours after Edit 3) |