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Ok, every so often whilst i’m playing tf2, i’m playing without any problems, then suddenly i’m booted instantly to the main menu where i get the message “Client timed out”.

The only change i have made recently is that i have another steam account on which is l4d2, which my friend bought and then found out someone had already bought it for him. So that’s all i’ve done, logged into another account, downloaded/installed l4d2, and played it.

Please don’t suggest ideas such as “open router ports”. The ONLY thing i have changed is logging into another account, it worked fine 1 night ago, now it doesn’t and that’s all i’ve changed. :(

I noticed also on l4d2 earlier today, every so often i time out and get the message “Could not auth with steam servers” or something along those lines – i will update this to be exactly accurate when i see it again.

Things tried:
– I have tried logging off steam friends while i play, it still happens.
– Deleted client registry blob, steam won’t open. “Steam.exe (main exception): ERROR: delete of Steam.exe failed, Win32 Error 5 “Access is denied.” Had to restore deleted blob in order to open steam.

I’ve got this occasionally. Just out of the blue a disconnect with the message “client timed out”. I’ve been trying to find a solution for months but haven’t found it.