What is this for ? Looks like some kind of audio service. Some of those programs could also be disabled to allow your PC to boot cleaner and much faster. Originally posted by The Giving One:The first one that I see that has been an issue before in threads where I was trying to help others is AMD External Events Utility in msconfig. Post all the links to the above screenshots here, using a file hosting site such as, which is free to use. Don't forget to scroll down if needed and get everything in the shots, please.

Expand the header on the left so we can best see the process name (small window, so do the best you can).

Then go to the startup tab on top of that same window (Task Manager in W10). Go to the services tab and check the box on bottom 'Hide all Microsoft services'. Click Windows Start and type in msconfig and run that resulting process. (Windows 7,8,8.1) or 'apps' (Windows 10 click 'Start' (Windows icon on bottom left))Ģ. Control panel then programs/programs and features. Take screenshots of all of the programs you have installed on your computer. If Steam works in safe mode with networking, but not in a regular boot of Windows, it seems there might be more left.ġ. Let's try to be sure that there is not more that is left.

Looks like you had a bit of software that has been known to cause issues with Steam, but you removed some of it.

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