I've About Had Enough.

[Lifeisgood]

Ok heres a great steam problem story. I just purchased, after it's been out forever, Portal. I was skeptical at first when I bought it (only ten bucks) because my computer has a slightly crappy graphics card. So I decided I'd give it a shot, I pop the disk in and it starts installing steam.... This is where my frustration began. Two days ago. So steam finish's its installation, remember, I don't even have an account yet or anything. I've never used steam ever and this is what it displays after double-clicking the icon. Steam is temporarily unavailable, Please try again later. Now I'm not gonna pretend to be a genius with computers but I'd like to say I know my way around one. More than an average user. The thing that really bothers me is that I don't even think the graphics will work! But I can't even get through to steam! So even if I do fix this it might still not work... Why did I post this here?!? Good question! Because steampowered won't let me sign up to their website, it leaves me with the same comment... PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER... I'm gonna kill myself...

 

[kupocake]

Are you attempting to start up two days ago, or today? If today, any connection problems may sort themselves out soon. Left 4 Dead went Live this morning, so it may be expected that Steam may be having some problems coping. If that's the case, you just got unlucky picking a period when server load is going to increase. Nothing to do except wait or keep trying.

Steam Support has a FAQ on Troubleshooting Network Connectivity that may be worth running through. Good luck, and I hope Portal works for you!

 

[Lifeisgood]

Yes, I know about the firewalls, been there done that. In fact, sorry for not mentioning it, that was the first thing I did. After that I checked all the help forums I could find using Google. Then I learned all my problems could be solved by deleting the clientregistry.blob file and that other one (app something dot blob?). Well I deleted the client registry file and I do not have the app something or other blob file. So I tried again and of course, knowing my luck, it did not work. So I'm back to square one, just me and a never been used steam application that freaks out every time I open it..................:flame:

 

[Lifeisgood]

By the way... My connection is fine...