new problem

[larz]

wow you can make your own smiles. well i learn something everyday

[Retribution]

well yeah you can make your own but i you press the "View more Emoticons" button theres alot more there

[larz]

their is no firewall icon in the control panel.still nothing worx, just a blue screen of death, i cant find any evidence of a firewall on my pc at all and im losing patience fast, instead of my dad fucking helping, he gets drunk and says "its that steam spyware shit thats fucking up you your computer"i hope he burns in hell

anyhoo i went to the STEAM technical suppost page and ran a crash test thing.

Results



Display drivers: Failed
Your nVidia display drivers are currently out of date
For updated drivers, click here
Display Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Recommended Driver Version: 84.21
Recommended Driver Date: 03/17/2006
Severity: Very High



DirectX: Passed
Your version of DirectX meets the minimum requirements




UDP Ports: Passed
The following UDP ports were reachable.
UDP Port: 27000 - 27040




TCP Ports: Passed
The following TCP ports were reachable.
TCP Port: 27020 - 27040




Background Processes: Failed
The following background processes were found on your system. Please try exiting or uninstalling them, and see if that resolves your issue
Process: C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Software Updater\7288971\Program\backWeb-7288971.exe(i just deleted this program 5 minutes ago whats weird is that it still shows up on my tool bar and their are kodak pop ups yet its not in add or remove programs anymore)
Backweb spyware.
Severity: Low



Loaded Modules: Failed
The following loaded modules were found on your system. Please try exiting or uninstalling the application assoicated with them, and see if that resolves your issue
Module: C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\rvcommon.dll
common.dll is WebSearch toolbar
For more information, click here
Severity: Low



Services: Passed
There were no services found that conflict with Steam or the games.



Layered Service Providers: Passed
There were no LSPs found that should conflict with Steam or the games.



Audio/Video Codecs: Passed
There were no audio/video codecs found that conflict with Steam or the games.


Additional Information


If Steam continues to crash, try deleting all files and folders in the Steam directory except for steam.exe and the SteamApps folder




If you continue to have problems playing the games, try using the launch options -nosound and -windowed.

Open Steam, then Play games
Right click the Souce game, click properties, then Launch options
add -nosound -windowed, click ok, then close.

how do i fix the stuff it mentions(minus the video driver)

[Retribution]

yeah just reinstall the stuff

[larz]

can i get one more opinion before i do that becuase i really dont think it will do a damm thing,i really think i just need 2 access my invisible firewall settings



OMG THIS IS WEIRD, I HAVE HLF2 EP ONE INSTALLED WITH DM AND YET IT DOESNT SHOW UP AT ALL ON "ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS" WHATS WITH THAT????????????

[Naquadria]

Why would it... any and all steam games wont show up in add/remove progs window. Steam.exe is the only thing you'll see in there.

[larz]

why's that?

[Naquadria]

cause steam is the main program for all those games so they all install under steam.

[larz]

oh ok anyway i just installed XP serive pack2 and now i hav a visible firewall but the prob still isnt fixed just yet

[Retribution]

by the data i got yoy should reinstall your video driver or get it updated