steam problems

[06Skywalker]

i am trying to play counterstrike and it alwasy used to work but now when i go to open steam it just seems to do absolutely nothing!

if i ctrl alt delete steam is running but i cant access it no matter what i try, i have tried a clean resart with nothing in startup registry to make nothing is stopping it running but its still the same, i have tried uninstall and re install. i have d/l steam off the net to make sure my disk isnt faluty - same problem, everything else i try to run on p.c works fine, whats going on???

ps - it says 4.5gb installtion on dvd case but on ad-remove programmes it tells me half life 2 is 220mb? seems very small?

 

[Snake-Eyes]

Something (firewall, anti-spy/mal/adware/virus) is blocking it. Turn off all firewalls, including the Windows one, make sure all your anti-whatever programs are off.

One that stopped Steam from showing up for me was SpyCatcher from Warez Monster's spyware removal guide.

 

[06Skywalker]

k thx

 

[OTOnly]

Had the same problem, it was spyware for me.

 

[Z3N]

Steam and spyware suck equally.

 

[Striken]

Steam does suck.

 

[cwiz]

nec. evil...

 

[GreenMachine]

steam is sweet i think. but the minds of the people behind it that destroy my (purchased) oppertunity to play COD2 through it BLOW.

 

[Grumpy]

I've got the same problem, but I've tried turning off my anti-whatever programs off and running many anti-virus programs and reinstalling steam, but I can't find anything that will help.

Any suggestions?

 

[Oreo]

Ive got a major problem only with, Steam games. CS:S , DOD:S, HALF LIFE 2 Death Match. I start them up and i get a message on my monitor saying. 'Signal out of range' sujesting that the resolution isnt supported, then i put it in 640x480 mode 'safe mode' and it still doesnt work.

Im very annoyed