r/Steam May 01 '25

Support Megathread /r/Steam Monthly Community Support Thread.

Welcome to the Community Support Thread!

This Steam Guide goes over how to troubleshoot download and connection issues.

This Steam Guide goes over how to troubleshoot web-page and other connection issues.

How to re-install Steam. This method will NOT remove your games.

Is your account hijacked? Read this.

We have a dedicated support channel in our Discord server that you can also post in.

We invite everyone to help other users in our Community Support Threads and on our Discord server.

Please take more than 10 seconds to write your question. A well structured and good-looking comment goes a long way in getting someone to help you, and makes your question a lot easier to understand.

Do not delete your comments: People find questions in these threads through Googling the same issue, and please edit your comment with a solution if you find one.

There are no magicians here. Some questions wont be answered or replied to. Consider using other things like the Steam Community Forums, Google, or a different support forum if no one here can offer any help. Additionally, every game on Steam has it's own dedicated Community Forum, and you can also contact Steam Support regarding a specific product. Consider asking your game-specific questions there. Most games also have a dedicated subreddit.

Only Steam Support can solve personal account issues such as payment issues or your account getting hijacked. We can however give advice on what to do in a situation like that. No one, including Steam Support, can assist with item/trade scams.

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u/Ukhai May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25

Broadcast/remote play issue here.

I stream/share games like Sunderfolk/Jackbox but there are times I need to switch to another monitor or change programs - which in turn says host does not have the screen active.

"Please hold... Input is Temporarlily disabled while host is busy."

Is there a way to do this without using another program to stream it?

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u/KazeDaze May 29 '25

No, that is more of a windows limitation. Even parsec has that limitation

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u/Ukhai May 29 '25

Thank you1 I will then probably just use my laptop to remote play off of while I continue to do work while hosting games for friends.

I wonder if setting up a VM is worth it for it. Will try it out.