Now this has got to be my worst problem

[runeatic123]

Yeah i'm back with more malfunctioning stuff which is soo annoying... this is my worst problem. Here we go, I got windows 7 (everythin works fine bla bla bla) and installed steam fine and downloaded Garry's Mod all fine and working, exept there is one problem! The steam servers aint working. Yes all of them. I've tried joining a friends, port forwarding, firewall closing and that console connect [ip here]. Have fun trying to crack this case!

Karlio

P.S: I don't want any of those "is your pc good enough to run the game" or "let it go through your firewall" comments it worked before I had windows 7!

[mole]

Well I'm running windows 7 RC and steam runs fine.

[djdawsonuk]

I know you don't want this kind of comment, but have you checked the Windows Firewall is disabled? The only thing I can really see causing the problem in the upgrade. I'm taking it that since you mentioned port forwarding that you've checked only the router side.

I know in W7 the firewall stays a lot quieter than in previous editions of Windows.

If you can get the IP of the server you are trying to connect to, then try pinging that IP from the command line. If that works, but it's still not allowing connections from Steam, it seems to further back the Windows Firewall as a problem, as it blocks connections per program, rather than by port, like your router does.

Hope any of the above can help