Valve, Steam, and why I hate them.

[Bob the Insane]

I never really have any issues with Steam personally, however a nice fat cable connection and a fast machine might be the reason for that...

You can disable the Start on Startup to if you like...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I never really have any issues with Steam personally, however a nice fat cable connection and a fast machine might be the reason for that...

Agreed. I have four games for Steam: The Hitman collection (three games) and Red Orchestra. Steam has never been a problem for me. One of the Hitman games did crash on occasion, but it's stopped. I can't blame it on Steam, though, because the same thing happened with HOI2. This problem fixed itself. Oddly enough, it seems some games need time to "get used" to my computer, and then they stop crashing altogether.