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December 18, 2003, 01:45:06 AM
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Niteowl

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the latest steam update has killed steam on my box, anyone else having this problem? i'm running win 2k sp4, i think. it's some memory reference error.

if anyone has thsi problem, and/or has a solution for it, please put the link here.

soo, for a while, there will be no bind of death or on going type kills on old owlie :)
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December 18, 2003, 06:34:00 AM
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I haven't updated yet , when i get home i don't know if i should update or not.
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December 18, 2003, 07:41:43 AM
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Latest update of Steam (18th of the December) can cause the following error:

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steam.exe (main exception): Win32 StructuredException at 0163048B: Attempt to write to virtual address 2439276314 without appropriate access rights.


STEAM.EXE - APPLICATION ERROR
The instruction at "0x1000ecd" referenced memory at "0x016470c0." The memory could not be "read."


To fix go to your Steam folder and delete the file ClientRegistry.blob, it should work properly after this.
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December 18, 2003, 08:11:21 AM
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the problem I had with steam was that it raped my system reasoures! I have a screenie of it being at 1% with steam open, and at 60 with it off....

December 18, 2003, 08:54:45 AM
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Damn you LB, I was gonna post that!

December 18, 2003, 02:15:04 PM
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Latest update of Steam (18th of the December) can cause the following error:

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steam.exe (main exception): Win32 StructuredException at 0163048B: Attempt to write to virtual address 2439276314 without appropriate access rights.


STEAM.EXE - APPLICATION ERROR
The instruction at "0x1000ecd" referenced memory at "0x016470c0." The memory could not be "read."


To fix go to your Steam folder and delete the file ClientRegistry.blob, it should work properly after this.
ah thank ya :) altho, i just reinstalled, and it seems fine :)
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December 24, 2003, 10:10:43 AM
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MY STEAM:
Crashes my pc
Freezes my pc
Shuts down the game

EVERY FKN 10 MINS!!! Its even worst when i com, i get kicked like 3 times.

December 24, 2003, 11:06:17 AM
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Does anyone know why when i run Sven through Steam, it opens up the HL.exe and you get the background image, then just as the menu text ("Find Servers", "Options", etc.) would show up, it crashes to my desktop?

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December 24, 2003, 05:30:15 PM
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steam totally rapes my pc. restarts it or freezes it. Never happend on WON.

btw my pc never freezes. only when i use steam.

December 26, 2003, 11:56:19 AM
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steam totally rapes my pc. restarts it or freezes it. Never happend on WON.

btw my pc never freezes. only when i use steam.
heh, welcome to my world! errr wait.... steam works great for me now..... but it used to do all that to me @_@. Also Satiagrah are you sure you installed it to the right location?

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December 26, 2003, 12:47:28 PM
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Also Satiagrah are you sure you installed it to the right location?
quite sure, although, one day it just worked, thats steam for ya, it really needs some :help:

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December 27, 2003, 01:29:45 PM
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guys, plain and simple, The golden rule of Steamand all hl mods: When something goes wrong, AND IT WILL:
1. Back up your data, the entire directory
2. Remove the Steam or Mod's directory
3. Reinstall into a Fresh, unused Folder with nothing else there, so if it was "C:\steam" Make it "C:\steam(new)\steam" or something jazzy like that
4. boot your app!

I've heard this even from tech support at Sierra, Just follow that and you'll be set for any issues, cept for Fmod issues :p