I've followed instructions on the net to manually delete all reg entries from steam. from what they said, there was only 2. Also, last time a reinstalled steam it gave me the "updating screen" (steam updates when u install a fresh copie of it). It got to 26% complete and stoped then went back to 0% and the whole cycle would repeat it self. I had to lug my pc to my friends house to get it updated. It really seems like my internet that is the problem. Steam works 100% correctly any time at my friends house on his ADSL2. I have a 30 KB/s satellite connection. Maybe steam has updated something that doesnt agree with slower connections.