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Posted by: 06Skywalker

i am trying to play counterstrike and it alwasy used to work but now when i go to open steam it just seems to do absolutely nothing!

if i ctrl alt delete steam is running but i cant access it no matter what i try, i have tried a clean resart with nothing in startup registry to make nothing is stopping it running but its still the same, i have tried uninstall and re install. i have d/l steam off the net to make sure my disk isnt faluty - same problem, everything else i try to run on p.c works fine, whats going on???

ps - it says 4.5gb installtion on dvd case but on ad-remove programmes it tells me half life 2 is 220mb? seems very small?

Posted by: Snake-Eyes

Something (firewall, anti-spy/mal/adware/virus) is blocking it. Turn off all firewalls, including the Windows one, make sure all your anti-whatever programs are off.

One that stopped Steam from showing up for me was SpyCatcher from Warez Monster's spyware removal guide.

Posted by: 06Skywalker

k thx

Posted by: OTOnly

Had the same problem, it was spyware for me.

Posted by: Z3N

Steam [i]and[/i] spyware suck equally. :angry:

Posted by: Striken

Steam does suck.

Posted by: cwiz

nec. evil...

Posted by: GreenMachine

steam is sweet i think. but the minds of the people behind it that destroy my (purchased) oppertunity to play COD2 through it BLOW.

Posted by: Grumpy

I've got the same problem, but I've tried turning off my anti-whatever programs off and running many anti-virus programs and reinstalling steam, but I can't find anything that will help.

Any suggestions?

Posted by: K M A N

Ive got a major problem only with, Steam games. CS:S , DOD:S, HALF LIFE 2 Death Match. I start them up and i get a message on my monitor saying. 'Signal out of range' sujesting that the resolution isnt supported, then i put it in 640x480 mode 'safe mode' and it still doesnt work.

Im very annoyed

Posted by: usce

Steam is evil!!!!

It took me 9 hours to install Half-Life 2, yes, you read that right, 9 flippen hours!!!!

I beat HL2 in a few hours, about half the time it took me to install it.

I will NEVER buy another steam game again. My only advice is stay away; far, far, away. :P

Posted by: lastshot

My Steam Still Isn't working, Even after I cleaned my system of spyware, and got rid of AOLacsd, Spycatcher express and re-updating steam, Valve has yet to get back to me....... Has anybody figured this out yet?

Posted by: S0L0

Yah my step brothers Counterstrike was doing the same thing and after i disabled the windows firewall it works. Not sure if theres a coralation with the two but maybe you can check that out.

Posted by: OTOnly

post a hijackthis log in the appropriate forum just to be sure its not spyware/malware.

Posted by: sprtnbsblplya

Just ask Norcent all about his Steam problems... lol

Posted by: lastshot

What should i do next, I still Can't load steam, I have a a clean HJT log, and I have windows firewall allowing both steam and Hl.... Steam can update, so it can connect, it just won't run......

Posted by: t3ch_threads

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by K M A N [/i]
[B]Ive got a major problem only with, Steam games. CS:S , DOD:S, HALF LIFE 2 Death Match. I start them up and i get a message on my monitor saying. 'Signal out of range' sujesting that the resolution isnt supported, then i put it in 640x480 mode 'safe mode' and it still doesnt work.

Im very annoyed [/B][/QUOTE]

Maybe its your refresh rate?

Posted by: fixal0t

lastshot: maybe it is updating steam.
depending on your conn speed, it can take a while.
I know on mine it took about an hour to update hl2 and css.

Guys, don't knock Steam just because YOU can't figure things out.
I run it on a 64bit system.(just something else added to configuration) And my firewalls are on.
You could try checking MS updates, and see if there's anything for your system that could be a fix.

Once you get things sorted, it'll be ok. Steam is a great gaming engine, and it craps out waaaaayyyy less than the NFS engine.