Re: Steam stopped counting hours of game, playing status and Steam in-game tab

@eliasimple  Try disabling the Origin Client and Web Helper Services.  You can find them in the Task Manager's background processes list.  They'll reopen, or at least the Client Service will, when you open Origin again.  The more permanent fix is to disable them in msconfig, but see whether they're the problem first.

Edit:  I just saw your edit, and you don't have to apologize for wasting my time.  It's useful information to have, because you're definitely not the only person who's done this or will in the future.