Timsup2nothin

I don't see anything 'weird' about killing stuff that I don't really want in the first place.

I'm not concerned about data theft. I just 'grew up' in an era when computer resources were always stretched thin, so having stuff running in the background disturbs my peace of mind. Especially so when what is running in the background isn't something I have some use for. Point of fact no matter how strong your hardware there always comes the day when you are running a game that pushes its limits, and when that day comes having some little bleeder in the bac

Playing in 'offline mode' means that the game you are playing isn't using your internet connection. The Steam Client running in the background will still use your internet connection for scheduled tasks, most of which you didn't schedule. To truly keep the Steam Client off-line you have to disconnect from the internet. There are two generations of Steam DRM currently in action. With the 'activation required' generation you can install