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Important Note

All Steam client application updates will require that Steam.exe be added again to your firewall's exceptions list. Please see the Using a Firewall with Steam article for more information if you have not already taken this action.

January 8th, 2008

We have found reports of Steam client crashes, update errors, and connectivity issues caused by the following programs:

  • Tuneup WinStyler Theme Service - causes Steam Crash: The registry is use by another process, timeout expired - must be disabled
  • GhostSurf 2008 - Causes Steam Problem: Steam fails to start (no error message or update progress window) and continues to run in the background - must be uninstalled
  • AOLacsd.exe (AOL connection driver) - Steam client update progress stops, update process does not complete - must be uninstalled
  • Spycatcher Express - Steam client update progress stops, update process does not complete - must be uninstalled

Please see the Disabling Background Applications article for instructions to disable the Tuneup WinStyler Theme Service.

If the recommendations provided here do not resolve the issue, please see the Contacting VALVe Billing and Support article for instructions to submit a technical issue to Steam Support.

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