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Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:11:06 GMT

well before i get cod4 for my pc i need a new video card so it may be a while before i get cod4 so i'll just have to live with playing it on my 360 for now

Re: umm i think my steam has died

Cash — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:11:42 GMT

cool. now just get cod4 and you're fixed for real.

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:44:01 GMT

Glad I could help...

Re: umm i think my steam has died

DaBoobah — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:48:00 GMT

yep! thats me! xD

Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:26:55 GMT

yup its all good i'm just re dling all my games so i should be able to play cs 1.6 and source and tf2 with whoevers not playing cod4 soon

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:43:38 GMT

For those who care...

We used Windows Remote Assistance via Live Messenger to finally fix this.

I deleted all the files from the temp folder, and started the Steam install from a command prompt using the command line option "SteamInstall /?"

LOL, I was trying to see what the command line options were. But after that the install stopped at 26% as it was doing, then restarted and seemed to work fine.

So Tensa, is it all good now?

Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:16:07 GMT

alright i'll come on vent 2moro after work

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:30:31 GMT

I see the problem, you have two accounts. Tensa and tensa zengetsu. The tensa zengetsu has the email you just posted. I edited it for security (so you don't get spammed) This account "Tensa" has the other email address that I get all the bounce backs on..

So, If you want I can try to help you with Remote assistance...

Let me know when. Come in vent.

Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:52:21 GMT

ok yes i am logged in as an administrator, my email is rEDITs@hotmail.com and if the emails dosen't send i don't think its a problem with my email since i get emails all the time, no i have not asked steam though maybe i should, the folder i made was not private so then it should have had full permissions and my comp can have remote assistance but i think only through msn since me and my friend have done that once where i let him access my comp to try and start a server a while back but failed due to my comp having firewalls .

Re: umm i think my steam has died

Cash — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:58:51 GMT

have you asked steam?

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:53:28 GMT

Don't give up on Steam, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It has to be something simple that we are overlooking on your computer.

As a last resort if your computer can accept Remote Desktop Assistance maybe I can help you that way. If you trust me

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:50:02 GMT

Tensa:

ok well i tried that Para and it still shows the error.... so i might just have to give up on steam or i might have to get a new comp

You changed your temp file location and set the permisions on it and you still get the error?

Are you logged in as an Administrator on your computer?

Oh and FIX your Email address again! I keep getting bounce back messages from Hotmail saying it can't deliver the email. Get a Google email account, or fix your hotmail account. I disabled your receiving mail from the site until it's fixed.

Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:20:31 GMT

ok well i tried that Para and it still shows the error.... so i might just have to give up on steam or i might have to get a new comp

Re: umm i think my steam has died

ParaDOX — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:21:47 GMT

Delete ANY Steam folders you find in your temp folder. Make sure System has full permissions in that folder.

Another option is to change the location of your temp files. Make a folder called Temp in your C: drive, right click it select properties and make sure everyone and system have full permission. Then open a command prompt, and type this:

C:\> SET TEMP=C:\Temp

C:\> SET TMP=C:\Temp

Let me know what happens. It sounds like Steam is having permission issues with your Temp folder. Also make sure you are running all this as an Administrator.

Re: umm i think my steam has died

tensa zangetsu — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:16:27 GMT

well i think i might have found something. my steamexe files that show up when i try to run steam keep going into my steam folder and not my temp folder. However when i try to make the steam2 folder in my temp folder the error changes to steam3.