CS:S Error: please help

Hey Guys

I just got CS:S and installed it. Now when i go to play it, i get this message from steam:

Steam.exe (main exception): Win32 StructuredException at 0EB12671 : Attempt to read from virtual address 88 without appropriate access rights.

Tryed Google, and not much came up.

Thanks!

 

Hey, you finally downloaded it.

Are you sure that you are on an account with administrative rights?

Also, maybe a firewall is blocking something - see if turning them off does anything.

Chaz

 

Yes Chaz, bought it today

I only have one account on my Dell, so yes

Disabled all my firewalls, and nothing.

Anything you can think off?

 

hey Nick, after insallation, did you get the chance to register the game? is this msg pop up right after you you start the game, or while trying to play a mission?

 

It's a great game, you'll be glad you bought it. We should play sometime.

I would try creating another administrative account, see if you can run it from there.

 

Nope, i just installed the game. Said it finished, so everything closed out like normally. I go click on the CS:S icon, and then the error message comes up. This message is stressing me out...

Nick

 

If you haven't restarted the computer lately, do that. Then, if you have no success there, try creating that other account.

And finally - reinstallation is something you should do if neither of those work.

 

I tryed restarting, didn't help.

I'll try to make a new account now...

 

i hope you haven't bought an used copy. cause, When you install Counter-Strike Source you have to register online (no choice in the mater doesn't work other wise) if it has been used then someone else has registered it so when you come to do it you will be unsuccessful, it is possible to sign in but you would have to know the exact account details of the previous owner so you could sign in as them. Finally once installed CS Source WORKS WITHOUT the disk so the person selling may still be playing and of course that mean that while they are playing online YOU CAN'T.


how about, uninstalling the game, deleting the game folder, clearing the system registry and then a clean insall of the game?

 

Alright, i tryed making another account, didn't help...

onick - I know im not getting screwed here, because i bought this game brand new from Bestbuy this morning. I'll try what you said. if it doesn't work, it looks like a reformat which im trying to avoid at all costs.

Nick

 

In the control panel, it says Steam is 4,000MB in size. Is that even right?

 

Alright, i uninstalled everything like onick said, and then reinstalled it....Nothing

Would a reformat even help?

 

lol i had this same problem. wat worked for me is all i had to do was delete my steam/steamapps/(username)/counter-strike source
folder see if that works

 

That works even if i haven't played the game yet?

 

You have nothing to loose by trying it.

 

I just didnt think i had a username already.

Tryed it, and nothing

Anyone else??

 

Try posting this question in the steam users forum....I have had all my steam/CS:S questions answered promptly anytime i post there. You can find them at www.steampowered.com

 

I have posted over there a couple times with no luck. And i emailed there tech support twice.

 

hey Nick, are ya still stuck with your game?

 

Yes, im backing up my files as we speak. Reformat...

 

ah! sorry to hear that! i know, how frustrating it might be!
anyway, good luck with your reformat, lets hope it will be fixed after that

 

Hurray!! I got it working

The reformat worked!

 

A reformat fixes everything (almost . . .)

Glad to hear you got it working. Let us know how it runs.

 

"omg you hacker!" something you will get alot in the counter-strike universe.. of course once you get good or really start to cheat. If you get that error again just delete ClientRegistry.blob.

Also were you using linux(wine)...

 

glad to know that, reformat fixed the problem.

let us know, how you are liking your new game?

 

Nick, we all need to get on a server and play some dust_2 sometime.

 

I'll join in with you - Nick and I played CS: S last night, pretty fun.

 

Yes that would be great.
Maybe if we can recruit a few more people, we can play in an empty server

I have to get a mouse first, a touch pad just doesn't work as well, but other than that, it works pretty good and i like it a lot.

But seriously, anyone who wants to play just IM me sometime