Steam cannot run, crashes

Well, it might be Yahoo's server acting kinda stupid right now. I can't get ANY new messages, and their "help guides" say "just wait".

I just sent a message from my Gmail to my Yahoo account. It ain't coming in.

-_- Let's wait and see how long it takes to find out your inbound servers are down......

*Link of why I'm having problems. Argh. http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?local...4&locale=en_US

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Originally Posted by Cale_Hagan

HEY go to your steam folder directory, delete everything except for steam.exe, steamapps and userdata then launch again, see if it works/helps.... i have had to do this before because of issues. steamapps houses your games, so they won't be deleted, and userdata sometimes has saves.... it should reload and fix hopefully... worked for me

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did you try this? :crossed:

I did it, and it did help.

Yahoo's servers are working again.

However, Portal is now saying it requires the latest DirectX to run. On my XP install. Argh....

Hmmmm....

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Originally Posted by dxdiag

DirectX Version: Not found

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Reinstall DX methinks....

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Originally Posted by AmEv

I did it, and it did help.

Yahoo's servers are working again.

However, Portal is now saying it requires the latest DirectX to run. On my XP install. Argh....

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YEAH! called it... =D but DX issue? :(

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Originally Posted by AmEv

Hmmmm....



Reinstall DX methinks....

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:up: prolly the best action. :D

We got it sorted last night. His DX is back up and running.

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Originally Posted by AmEv

On my XP install. Argh....

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XP!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

XP!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm running XP right now! You wanna fight about it?

Although it's only on my netbook which I bought before 7 released. It was better than Vista and still runs firefox great! If I were to upgrade the OS, it would be to some lightweight linux flavor...not Win7 or 8.

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Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

XP!!!!!!!!!!

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I have no money for 7.



Unless you have a spare 7 key floating around..... >_>


Why did you think I had a P4 as a main computer...?



As for the 8GB RAM? That's what my Linux install is for.

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Originally Posted by AmEv

I have no money for 7.



Unless you have a spare 7 key floating around..... >_>


Why did you think I had a P4 as a main computer...?



As for the 8GB RAM? That's what my Linux install is for.

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did you know some terrible people actually developed an activation program that works flawlessly? those terrible individuals, stealing from a huge corporation and breaking the laws and such... makes me sick to my stomach. who would ever break the law and do that... not i... 8)