i dont hate steam!

BlackDragon said:
No issues here, sounds like your issues are to do with either your connection or your computer.
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sounds pretty reasonable to me



thanks for all your input chaps, i have lots to try now.

what does the ClientRegistry.blob do?

ISP is Sky, router is a 5 year old netgear one (cant remeber the model)

if it was the firewall, then would i not have constant problems rather than intermittant problems.

the only anti virus i run is microsofts free essentials program.

i believe i am not logged in as an administrator, as i often get messages saying i neeed admistrative rights when installing other programs (im fairly new to win7 so not sure how to change this).

and if it comes to it, what are my chances of re installing steam and pasting the games back without any problems?

i was playing portal just before a crash, then could not open steam, so i thought i would just run the portal exe file, but could not find it??? i performed a seacrh got lots of hits for portal 2, and a few folders for portal, but no exe.... any idea what it is called?

cheers
 
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You can force it to download the latest version by deleting the "clientregistry.blob" file people have already suggested.

But yes, click "About Steam" from the drop down.

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Only ever had 1 problem with Steam in the past not working, but I dont think it was Steam at fault anyway, it was my old HDD cos other things were playing up too. Just reinstalled and since then Steam has worked perfect.
 
cheers orderoftheflame


neoglow said:
Only ever had 1 problem with Steam in the past not working, but I dont think it was Steam at fault anyway, it was my old HDD cos other things were playing up too. Just reinstalled and since then Steam has worked perfect.
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well i was running on a 6 month old SSD, but am now running on a 6 month old HDD, i have the same problems on both drives
 
Actually if you've have crashes run a disk check on the drive steam is on too, just to make sure you don't have corrupted files (right click on disk in My Computer, Properties, Tools, Error Checking).
 
Sleepery said:
Actually if you've have crashes run a disk check on the drive steam is on too, just to make sure you don't have corrupted files (right click on disk in My Computer, Properties, Tools, Error Checking).
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will do.

ran memtest for the ram last night and all was good, ran a virus scan and all was good too.
 
only issue with steam i have, is about every 3-4days it says its a new computer and emails me a code. is quite annoying but isnt a major problem.
 
  • OP, go to your Steam folder and delete everything except the whole steamapps folder and Steam.exe (Application).
  • Now run Steam and let it rebuild itself.
  • Make sure that you've got Steam Guard enabled in Settings.
  • In Settings click on CHANGE... under Beta parcipation and choose Beta update.
  • Let the Steam install the latest build and restart.
  • Run any games you like and if you have any problems with the game, right click on it in Steam Library -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Cache.
  • Use crap cleaning software like CCleaner to clear temporary files and registry on your PC.
  • Defragment your hard drive where you have Steam installed using Windows inbuilt tool.
 
i will try that lot tonight

what is steam guard?

another thing that i forgot to mention, when i verify integrity of game cache, it pretty much always fails (only had to do on ARMA2 and OA)
 
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