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    Steam crashes in vista. Is this happening to you?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kidwithshirt, Mar 13, 2007.

  1. kidwithshirt

    kidwithshirt Notebook Geek

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    Hey. I got my 6400 with x1400, pretty much satisfied.

    But got a little problem.

    Steam freezes when i try to use its scroll bar. Yea i m not kidding. I cant even browse the games on its frontpage or check out the results i get from a steam diagnose.

    Any clues?
     
    kidwithshirt, Mar 13, 2007
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  2. ikovac

    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    Try disabling all Vista fancy graphics (to get Win2000 like destop and windows) and then start steam. Perhaps there is a bug with the steam custom window and Vista DWM.

    See if it helps.

    Ivan
     
    ikovac, Mar 19, 2007
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  3. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    nope, I've had absolutly no issues with vista and steam, and I use steam almost every day. Reinstall?
     
    unknown555525, Mar 19, 2007
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  4. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i had no issues and i have the same card.

    i did have that problem on XP old drivers though, fixed it by getting newer ones.
     
    link1313, Mar 19, 2007
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    wannabeapilot Notebook Consultant

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    nope works fine for me

    however i still dont play source games in vista because of bad drivers
     
    wannabeapilot, Mar 19, 2007
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  6. ifish

    ifish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Works fine for me on a clean vista install. I did notice with the factory vista install weird things would happen. I would highly suggest doing a clean install of vista.
     
    ifish, Mar 20, 2007
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  7. kidwithshirt

    kidwithshirt Notebook Geek

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    if anyone needs a solution to this

    just delete everything in your steam folder except steamapps and steam.exe

    then restart steam

    worked like a charm

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    this problem occured apparently because i basically just copied steam folder from my XP computer and pasted into my new Vista computer

    some stuff might be messed up... XP setting didnt go to vista

    Rawr
     
    kidwithshirt, Mar 22, 2007
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  8. slybeans

    slybeans Notebook Consultant

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    Rawr indeed.
     
    slybeans, Mar 23, 2007
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