PotshotPolka
17 Aug 2010, 01:48pm
So one of my games was being finicky about updating so I exited steam and deleted the clientregistry.blob files, a cure-all in most cases, apparently not for me yet again.
This is simply bizarre, I'm able to access my account on my laptop, but not on my desktop. The problem is poorly documented on Steam's site, and I've tried all of their fixes. I've completely deleted my steam folder and reinstalled and the problem STILL persists, even when the original problem that caused the hangup should be completely erased. What the hell.
Before anyone gives me retarded or googled advice on this:
This is a goddamn mess.
I was changing my settings in a game (Red Orchestra) when I suddenly crashed.
I restart, cannot enter the game, so I delete my clientregistry.blob file as the cure-all to any issue like this, restarted steam, then this shit started happening.
Upon reaching 26/27% steam stops updating, makes a temporary minidump file, then does one of two things, the first being the error (delete of steam.exe failed win32 error 5) or the other prompting me to log in. When logging in correctly it simply states "Cannot connect to steam network". When putting in incorrect username/pass it states invalid account info, so that's not the issue.
I've attempted deleting everything in my steam folder but the games/steam.exe, and then I went a step further and completely gutted the folder and reinstalled, no dice. Does anyone have any clue as to WHAT fucking issue could result in this error after the entire directory was nuked?
Also before anyone decides they can use Google and I can't:
Yes, I've gone to Steam's support page, and I've tried what the next 3 pages of links suggested to do, which were all about the same thing.
No, I have NOT recently installed a AV/Spyware program, the one I've had has never interfered in games or updates.
No, I haven't gotten a magical virus that targets steam, that's just Valve's support team's way of saying "We don't know what the fuck is wrong, but maybe its some other asshole's fault."
If no one can come up with anything I'm just going to reformat, I've got enough clutter on this HDD I could use a reason to anyways, but help is appreciated.
http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35620
This is simply bizarre, I'm able to access my account on my laptop, but not on my desktop. The problem is poorly documented on Steam's site, and I've tried all of their fixes. I've completely deleted my steam folder and reinstalled and the problem STILL persists, even when the original problem that caused the hangup should be completely erased. What the hell.
Before anyone gives me retarded or googled advice on this:
This is a goddamn mess.
I was changing my settings in a game (Red Orchestra) when I suddenly crashed.
I restart, cannot enter the game, so I delete my clientregistry.blob file as the cure-all to any issue like this, restarted steam, then this shit started happening.
Upon reaching 26/27% steam stops updating, makes a temporary minidump file, then does one of two things, the first being the error (delete of steam.exe failed win32 error 5) or the other prompting me to log in. When logging in correctly it simply states "Cannot connect to steam network". When putting in incorrect username/pass it states invalid account info, so that's not the issue.
I've attempted deleting everything in my steam folder but the games/steam.exe, and then I went a step further and completely gutted the folder and reinstalled, no dice. Does anyone have any clue as to WHAT fucking issue could result in this error after the entire directory was nuked?
Also before anyone decides they can use Google and I can't:
Yes, I've gone to Steam's support page, and I've tried what the next 3 pages of links suggested to do, which were all about the same thing.
No, I have NOT recently installed a AV/Spyware program, the one I've had has never interfered in games or updates.
No, I haven't gotten a magical virus that targets steam, that's just Valve's support team's way of saying "We don't know what the fuck is wrong, but maybe its some other asshole's fault."
If no one can come up with anything I'm just going to reformat, I've got enough clutter on this HDD I could use a reason to anyways, but help is appreciated.
http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35620