[SOLVED] Steam and XFire won't connect.

Songlive · 08-25-2008, 03:32 AM

I just completed a reinstall of my gaming desktop PC, downgrading from Vista to XP (or should I say upgrading ?).
Anyway, I first installed Comodo Firewall but Steam and Xfire had problems connection.
I uninstalled Comodo and installed Zonealarm.
Still the same thing.
I uninstalled Zonealarm and am now using the default Windows firewall.
I already ran WinsockXPFix, flushed DNS, using OpenDNS Dns server instead of my provider ones but still no luck..

Steam and Xfire won't connect, I get a connection error.

Please tell me what this could cause since I can't play games right now

Thanks.

Songlive · 08-25-2008, 12:39 PM

SOLVED !: Peerguardian 2 was blocking all traffic to Steam and Xfire networks.
Solution: Turning off Peerguardian and adding steam and xfire's ip's to the allowed list.

08-25-2008, 03:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Songlive Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 22 OS: Notebook: XP SP3 OfficePC: Vista SP1	[SOLVED] Steam and XFire won't connect. I just completed a reinstall of my gaming desktop PC, downgrading from Vista to XP (or should I say upgrading ?). Anyway, I first installed Comodo Firewall but Steam and Xfire had problems connection. I uninstalled Comodo and installed Zonealarm. Still the same thing. I uninstalled Zonealarm and am now using the default Windows firewall. I already ran WinsockXPFix, flushed DNS, using OpenDNS Dns server instead of my provider ones but still no luck.. Steam and Xfire won't connect, I get a connection error. Please tell me what this could cause since I can't play games right now Thanks.

08-25-2008, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Songlive Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 22 OS: Notebook: XP SP3 OfficePC: Vista SP1	Re: Steam and XFire won't connect. SOLVED !: Peerguardian 2 was blocking all traffic to Steam and Xfire networks. Solution: Turning off Peerguardian and adding steam and xfire's ip's to the allowed list.