If you don't know what the UAC is (User Account Control) then odds are you
didn't turn it off. It can be found in Control panel-User accounts and there
is a option to turn off\On UAC.
I'd suggest un-installing STEAM, going to the folder where STEAM is
installed and delete that folder. run a disk defrag, and when you
re-install, re-install to a different folder path. I think the default is
something like c:\program files\steam. You might try putting it on C:\steam
or if you have a different hard dirve, install it there.
Obviously, it may be a little time consuming downloading all the content
again, but when all the easy fixes don't work, then you have to do the hard
painful ones
"Mephisto" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2629A274-2831-42CB-B4DD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well, I just got this computer, and it's my first encounter with vista. I
> don't even know what UAC is to be honest, so it's possible that i turned
> it
> off... although i donno if i did.
>
> also, counter-strike is the only game i actually own at the moment, i
> moved
> and still don't have my other apps and games with me, i went out and
> bought
> cs when i got the pc... so it's the only game i've been able to try, maybe
> this UAC thing is the answer if you could help with that?
>
> "Dale M. White" wrote:
>
>> Vista is not like XP or Win2k, in that a Admin isn't the full admin, but
>> that you have the right to "run as administrator". The true admin account
>> is
>> disabled by default. Also, certain program folders are set to read-only
>> and
>> the UAC unlocks those folders when you access them via the UAC.
>>
>> Did you turn off the UAC by chance ? Do you have nay other gaming apps
>> that
>> work fine or is CS the only one you're trying ?
>>
>>
>> "Mephisto" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:181A2A7F-01AE-47EB-B688-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I found that note too, i've done just that before, uninstalled,
>> >re-installed
>> > the program, changed my firewall settings, disabled my firewall...
>> > nothing
>> > seems to be working... my computer says that i am logged on as an admin
>> > account but for some reason i don't really thing i have admin privs to
>> > all
>> > my
>> > apps, could that have something to do with it? how can i find out if i
>> > have
>> > those privs to apps???
>> >
>> > "Dale M. White" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> No problem posting here, though that's a specific app problem. I
>> >> remember
>> >> seeing a sticky note in the steam forums that talked about what to do,
>> >> if
>> >> you were getting the Steam.dll error message.
>> >>
>> >> Here is the fix from Valve
>> >> http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-...i=&p_topview=1
>> >>
>> >> "Mephisto" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:A003985D-A31A-4BFD-823B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, but i'm confused as
>> >> > hell
>> >> > by
>> >> > the actual CS tech sites... every time i start steam to play CS i
>> >> > get
>> >> > an
>> >> > error message.
>> >> >
>> >> > Steam.exe (main exception): unable to load library Steam.dll
>> >> >
>> >> > i'm not sure if this is a windows vista problem, or a CS problem...
>> >> > any
>> >> > help
>> >> > would be appreciated, in plain english haha, i'm not too swift with
>> >> > computers, i just know enough to get by... thanks
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
Similar Threads
