Hi all. So for the last month or two, my steam has been loading way slow. Let me walk you through it.

>Double click CSS icon on desktop.
around 45 seconds later, it displays "connecting to steam account"
15-20 seconds later it displays "preparing to launch"...

My issue is with the load time prior to "connecting to steam account". It used to take approx 5-10 seconds.

I have already defragmented my Steam as well as my whole pc.

Any other suggestions?