Hi everyone. I have a problem about trading and market. I use steam on my laptop, firefox and my tablet.

I formatted my old laptop last saturday and installed Windows 8.1. Then i installed steam. I logged in from both steam and firefox browser. I typed 5 letter "access from new computer" code in steam and firefox. My market and trading is closed for 1 week. I also continued using steam from my tablet.

I logged in to steamgifts, steamtrades and tf2outpost during this week. This morning i was finally able to trade. Then i logged in to csgolounge this morning. There was no access from new computer mail or code but suddenly i am unable to trade or use the market for another 1 week. When i log in from browser this process renews it's 7 day time period.

What should i do? I don't want this situation to repeat itself next saturday.

Will "deauthorize all other computers now" option help? Please help me guys.

10 years ago*

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If you used any new payment method to buy games on steam, that also locks market for 7 days.

10 years ago
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I only formatted my laptop. Didn't change my payment method or password mate. Didn't buy anything during the last week.

I was waiting to be able to trade so i can get The Forest. Sadly i have to wait 1 more week. :(

10 years ago
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Formatted -> steam guard data gets deleted (unless backed-up, browser and client is separate!) -> is new computer.

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I didn't know that steam guard data can be backed up.

What i am wondering is my trade and market will open next saturday. When i use websites like steamgifts, steamtrades will my market and trade will close for another week? I formatted several times before and this is the first time i encountered such a problem. Don't know what to do.

Can "deauthorize all other computers now" option help?

10 years ago
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"deauthorize all other computers now" will not help.

as madjoki already set, formating your pc deleted the SteamGuard file, thus your pc is detected as a "new device" and you are blocked 7 days from trading.
after those 7 days everything will be back to normal, unless you're planing to format again.

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You are right mate. After 7 days everything should be back to normal. My trade was open this morning because 7 days passed since last saturday. I logged in to csgolounge website for some skin trading. Then my trade blocked for another 7 days.

I already logged in from the same browser after format. Logged in to steam, steamtrades, tf2outpost, tf2outpost and dispenser.tf sites from the same browser and didn't delete cookies or anything.

When i login from the same browser steam continues seing it as "access from new computer" That's the problem. I hope it doesn't continue next saturday. Otherwise i won't be able to use websites or i think i have to format again. :(

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Closed 10 years ago by Atikun.