Half life 2 and Steam

[jcwuk]

Does anyone else have problems loading up Steam on startup with Windows ?

It seems on average of every 5 start ups the Steam software has to be removed then reloaded just to get it to work.

Really frustrating !

The Steam Icon appears on screen but just wont load up !

How come this happens guys ?

Cheers !

[GasolineFire]

I find that Steam on Windows often leads to a lack of vision.

[jcwuk]

GasolineFire said:

I find that Steam on Windows often leads to a lack of vision.

Hehe !

[FLK]

jcwuk said:

The Steam Icon appears on screen but just wont load up !

Are you on XP or Vista and can you log in to Steam successfully before it stops working or does it not even get to the log in prompt?

You could try deleting the client.blob file in your Steam folder as this can fix some problems.

[jcwuk]

FLK said:

jcwuk said:

The Steam Icon appears on screen but just wont load up !

Are you on XP or Vista and can you log in to Steam successfully before it stops working or does it not even get to the log in prompt?

You could try deleting the client.blob file in your Steam folder as this can fix some problems.

Hi FLK (-:
I run XP.
Yes I can log in ok but the problems start when the PC is powered up each after a shutdown.
I cannot even log into Steam at this point.

Where do I find the client.blob file ?

Thanks for your help (-:

[madrob6]

I have very little on startup with windows as it's just quicker to boot up and get on with stuff without having to wait for a horde of extra stuff to run, I then just run steam when I need it which loads much quicker when the rest of the system isn't still trying to load.

Doesn't really help though sorry.

[jcwuk]

madrob6 said:

I have very little on startup with windows as it's just quicker to boot up and get on with stuff without having to wait for a horde of extra stuff to run, I then just run steam when I need it which loads much quicker when the rest of the system isn't still trying to load.

Doesn't really help though sorry.

Nah thats ok Rob.
Thanks for replying (-:
How do you set windows to run only what you require on startup?

Cheers

[Arese]

jcwuk said:

madrob6 said:

I have very little on startup with windows as it's just quicker to boot up and get on with stuff without having to wait for a horde of extra stuff to run, I then just run steam when I need it which loads much quicker when the rest of the system isn't still trying to load.

Doesn't really help though sorry.

Nah thats ok Rob.
Thanks for replying (-:
How do you set windows to run only what you require on startup?

Cheers

There's a registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, that contains most of the stuff that is run on Startup. You might find Steam in there and be able to delete it.

Edit with care though, this is your registry and you can break things if you delete something by accident.

[madrob6]

Arese said:

jcwuk said:

madrob6 said:

I have very little on startup with windows as it's just quicker to boot up and get on with stuff without having to wait for a horde of extra stuff to run, I then just run steam when I need it which loads much quicker when the rest of the system isn't still trying to load.

Doesn't really help though sorry.

Nah thats ok Rob.
Thanks for replying (-:
How do you set windows to run only what you require on startup?

Cheers

There's a registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, that contains most of the stuff that is run on Startup. You might find Steam in there and be able to delete it.

Edit with care though, this is your registry and you can break things if you delete something by accident.

Or type 'msconfig' into a run command and you'll get the option to turn things off to test them before deleting for good. Or the alternative of going into the program that is running on startup and telling them not to run in the settings.

[Arese]

madrob6 said:

Arese said:

jcwuk said:

madrob6 said:

I have very little on startup with windows as it's just quicker to boot up and get on with stuff without having to wait for a horde of extra stuff to run, I then just run steam when I need it which loads much quicker when the rest of the system isn't still trying to load.

Doesn't really help though sorry.

Nah thats ok Rob.
Thanks for replying (-:
How do you set windows to run only what you require on startup?

Cheers

There's a registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, that contains most of the stuff that is run on Startup. You might find Steam in there and be able to delete it.

Edit with care though, this is your registry and you can break things if you delete something by accident.

Or type 'msconfig' into a run command and you'll get the option to turn things off to test them before deleting for good. Or the alternative of going into the program that is running on startup and telling them not to run in the settings.

Yeah, do this instead. Less chance of breaking things.

[jcwuk]

Thanks Guys for your help.
Much appreciated (-: