that doesn't let you download games or updates

As you can see when I try to download an update on steam it just stays at 0/bytes

And it just doesn't download whatsoever

This happens when I try and download new games or games already in my library

and

the only thing that seems to work is workshop content

So if you are having this problem or a similar problem

then I am going to show you a method that worked for ME to fix it

it might not work for you but I am just going to share it because it worked for me

My problem was with Windows Firewall, so you are going to want to open up Windows Firewall

and disable it

and then you are going to want to restart Steam and see if your downloads start working again

this was the problem for me, as soon as I disabled Firewall my steam started working normally

so I knew that Windows Firewall was the problem

also if you have any Anti-virus software

I don't use any but they usually have a Firewall built into those as well

so if you have some Anti-Virus installed you are going to want to open it up, go in the settings

and disable the firewall that is most likely build into that as well

so if after disabling Windows Firewall your downloads start to work again you know that

it's the Windows Firewall that was causing the problem

so now what you want to do is go back to Windows Firewall

enable it but then you want to restore default settings

this means all the programs that you have got installed when you start them up again

it will ask for new permissions that's basically all it is going to do

it's just going to completely reset all of the settings on the firewall

you just saw that after resetting the settings on the Firewall

I restarted steam and once I re-opened it a box came up asking to give it permissions through the firewall

so I did that and now as you can see my games are downloading normally

so if this video helped you out I would appreciate it if you leave a like

and if you need any more help just leave a comment and I will try and do my best to help you