There have been many successful methods used to solve this problem so make sure you try them all out below in order to hopefully solve the problem.
What Causes the Steam Service Error?
The major cause for the Steam Service error is that Steam simply doesn’t have enough permissions either to perform a certain action or to access a certain file. This can be solved easily simply by running Steam as an administrator. Furthermore, the error may be caused by Steam Service simply not running when it should which can be solved by restarting the service and changing how it starts up. The service might also be broken and you will need to repair it.
Solution 1: Run Steam as an Administrator
As it can be understood from the error message, Steam might need admin permissions to access certain files on your computer and running its client with admin permissions may just be the solution you need.
Solution 2: Make Sure Steam Service Starts up Automatically
In order for everything related to Steam to run smoothly, the Steam Service needs to be running. This service should start up each time Steam is launched but sometimes that is simply not the case. In order to resolve that, you should make sure this service starts up automatically on your computer. You may receive the following error message when you click on Start: “Windows could not start the Steam Client Service on Local Computer. Error 1079: The account specified for this service differs from the account specified for other services running in the same process.” If this occurs, follow the instructions below to fix it.
Solution 3: Repair the Steam Client Service
The Steam client service can sometimes break and it needs to be repaired using a simple command in Command Prompt. This command will reset it and you should now be able to enter the Steam client without receiving the Steam Service error!
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