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kmagdono
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I purchased the basic Half-Life 2 retail edition. I believe I properly installed Steam and HL2 from the CDs and created a Steam account.
When I select HL2 from the Play Games window, a window comes up that says, "Decrypting Steam files - 0% complete. Please wait while Steam unlocks game files. Decrypting Half-Life 2 game files." After a minute or so, another window comes up that says, "Steam - Error. The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." Sometimes the second window comes up right away after I select HL2 from the Play Games Window, rather than as a continuation from the first window.
I have disabled my firewall and antivirus per other suggestions. I have tried googling and looking through various support threads here and in the Steam support forums.
My question: Is it possible I am doing something wrong or need to make other configuration changes, or are the servers really that busy (in which case I am frustrated that Valve did not properly plan for the load)? I have been trying every few minutes since late last night and this morning.
Thank you for your help!
When I select HL2 from the Play Games window, a window comes up that says, "Decrypting Steam files - 0% complete. Please wait while Steam unlocks game files. Decrypting Half-Life 2 game files." After a minute or so, another window comes up that says, "Steam - Error. The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." Sometimes the second window comes up right away after I select HL2 from the Play Games Window, rather than as a continuation from the first window.
I have disabled my firewall and antivirus per other suggestions. I have tried googling and looking through various support threads here and in the Steam support forums.
My question: Is it possible I am doing something wrong or need to make other configuration changes, or are the servers really that busy (in which case I am frustrated that Valve did not properly plan for the load)? I have been trying every few minutes since late last night and this morning.
Thank you for your help!