Steam is a Windows, Linux and Mac OS X social platform for the digital distribution of games.
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Prevent kids from “accidentally” making purchases in Steam
Kids play with the gaming computer that has a Steam acct always logged in.
I'm worried about them "accidentally" purchasing something in the store, is there way to require a password to complete a ...
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What happens when I block someone on Steam?
I'm 'away' for a week and would like some friends not to know I'm playing games. What does blocking a friend actually do?
I'm just looking for it to show me as offline and not show what game I'm ...
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How do I actually start the Peer Review DLC on Portal 2?
I just downloaded and installed the Peer Review DLC as well as a game update for Portal 2 on PS3. How do I actually play the new co-op mode, though? When I select co-op, all it lets me choose is Co-Op ...
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Failed to enumerate subscribed files-no mods
I got the "Failed to enumerate subscribed files" error, which I know means that I have over 50 subscribed files.
Thing is, I didn't. I thought one of them was bugged, so I favorited them all and ...
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Can I have more than one of the same trading card?
Steam now has trading cards. In order to get them, you're supposed to play specific games (currently there are only 6 games supported, but they've said more will come).
However, it's only possible ...
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How many cards can I collect per day?
I have been playing Portal 2 from the start in order to collect trading cards in the Steam trading card beta. I have collected four cards so far, and when I look at my badge process it gives an ...
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How do I upgrade a game badge, aka do cards drop again once I have a badge?
Steam now has trading-cards which can be crafted into badges and other marketable items. That link states that trading-cards can be crafted into badges, and that
If you gather another complete ...
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Do I collect steam trading cards in HL2: Episode 2 or only in the base HL2?
I played HL2: Episode 2 for about an hour but no steam trading card dropped. Do I have to play the base HL2 to get cards or are they also dropping in Episode 2?
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How do I pick up trading cards?
Steam now has trading cards. In order to get them, you're supposed to play specific games (currently there are only 6 games supported, but they've said more will come).
However, I can't figure out ...
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How to play Terraria without Steam?
I'm trying to play Terraria without initializing Steam but it is not working it displays
Please launch the game from your Steam client
Is there a possible way to do it?.
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How do you force Steam to use a different account for each Windows user account on the same machine?
I just built a PC because my son wants to play PC games. I installed Windows 7, and created 2 user accounts, one for each of us. Within my Windows user account I installed Steam, and downloaded some ...
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“One registered product” on Steam?
On the Steam badges, at the bottom it says "For having at least one product registered" but there's no "View Details" or anything to click on. It's greyed out, which sounds like I don't have this ...
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Steam Error Mac
My Steam on my mac is giving me the error *SteamStartEngine(0xbfb334f0) failed with error 1: CMultiFieldBlob(pSerialized) : Bad field -extends past end of blob. I have tried the terminal command, ...
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Counter-Strike Global Offensive stuck on updating at 100 percent
My CS:GO gets stuck on 100 percent when its updating. When I click on the game to play it pops up the box that shows the estimated amount of wait time till I can play the game. The estimated amount of ...
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Is there a fix for the endless “Scanning for Steam games updates.”?
On trying to fire up any game in Steam, or Activate a Product on Steam, a popup will display stating "Scanning for Steam games updates.", and just sit there. It never does anything, and only offers a ...
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Steam again starting game download after installing Rage
I bought Rage from an online store yesterday. I activated the game and its DLCs (Anarchy Edition and Sewer Missions). After activation the game showed the popup:
Game already registered.
And ...
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Shutdown resets my steam downloads
Whenever I download a game and before it's finished, if I shutdown my computer, the download gets reset and I have to download the whole thing again.
Can someone tell me why this is happening and if ...
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Persistent group chat or some other form of reliable 2-way communication with a group
Playing with friends is the best. Individually messaging 20 people when you're looking for a game is the worst. Is there a way to make a persistent group chat (you rejoin it after restarting Steam) or ...
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How do I switch to the new Steam version of Company of Heroes without downloading the entire game again?
I already have Company of Heroes on Steam. Since the game is switching over to Steamworks for its multiplayer component sometime in May, a "New Steam Version" of the game has appeared beside the ...
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Is is possible to delete DLC from Steam?
Is there any way of removing DLC (Downloadable Content) from a game in Steam?
In particular, I want to remove the two map packs from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as playlists are segregated ...
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Why won't The Stanley Parable launch from Steam?
So I decided to download The Stanley Parable after seeing it mentioned in an old review video I was watching. I downloaded the zip, extracted it to the steam/steamapps/sourcemods folder, restarted ...
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Steam Connection Dialog
A period of time after I've logged onto my computer a (minimisable) steam dialogue box appears telling me I am not connected;
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I first press "Quit". This dismisses the dialog window (and displays ...
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Can I get my Steam categories back?
During the Holiday sales, I logged in to Steam on a different computer (one powerful enough to actually run my games :). When I logged back in on my notebook, all of my categories except one were ...
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Steam Menu Doesn't show games?
Sometimes, when I right click on Steam in the system tray, I see my games. Sometimes I don't. This is very strange, and annoying because I cannot access my games without opening Steam. For example, ...
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Jet Set Radio HD crashes
Being a fan of the series, I became very excited when I saw this come up on Steam and bought it immediately. As soon as I installed it and launched it the first time, it crashed immediately, and keeps ...
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Can you play Half-Life 2 without steam?
Is there an alternative to Steam? I would like to play Half-Life 2 legally, but I am not willing to install Steam (again). I looked at Steam alternatives, but non of them are offering Half-Life 2. ...
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Half-Life 2 Installation Error without a message
After a very long time I wanted to install half-life 2 again, but when I tried to do so it gave me an error without a message. When I select the games I want to install (original version so only CSS / ...
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How can I fix a loading screen crash in Grand Theft Auto IV?
I have a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV on Steam. When I start it, everything is fine: it loads and I can press "Play". However, the game crashes straight to the desktop—without any error message—about 5 ...
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Is there a quick way to delete saves off of the steam cloud?
I've been playing a Endless Space for a while now, and I've got quite a few saves saved up... Any way I can clean house and mass delete the ones I no longer need?
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Do I need to have Steam for Wolfenstein (2009) single player?
I am thinking about buying Wolfenstein (2009), but on the packaging I noticed that it says something about Steam. Do I also need Steam for single player mode? Basically I want to avoid Steam for ...
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Locked out of Steam - not getting passcode email
My firewall was blocking Steam while I was logging in and failing. Now I am locked out of Steam and need an access code to log in. There seems to be no way to tell the Steam servers to send this code ...
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Can I run multiple copies of Terraria if I bought it on Steam?
I play Terraria a bit with my brother and friends and I am always the one with the server, but sometimes while I am playing it gets a bit boring and I want to play on my own world and character (I do ...
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Is it possible to limit the download bandwidth used by Steam?
Is it possible limiting the download bandwidth used by Steam in some way? When I am downloading a game it greatly speed down or even block all internet activities in my house.
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Can I add Defiance to my Steam account?
I've purchased Defiance, and I'm familiar with adding external games to Steam. My question is, can I add Defiance to my Steam account where I would be able to download it from Steam directly? I did ...
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How can I make Steam launch in Big Picture mode?
I am in the process of building myself a Steam Box - a PC running Windows 8 and Steam that is going to be plugged into my TV without a keyboard and mouse attached. The only form of input plugged into ...
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How can I customise the 'Exit' menu in Big Picture mode?
I am in the process of building myself a Steam Box - a PC running Steam that is going to be plugged into my TV without a keyboard and mouse plugged into it. I am looking at running Steam instead of ...
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Overlord: Raising Hell does not start from Steam
When clicking "play" on Overlord: Raising Hell in the Steam library the game won't run.
When you choose "Play Overlord Raising Hell", the game does not start
and exits without an error.
When you ...
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Unable to install Steam
I am a first time Steam user. I am trying to download client for my Windows 7 machine. However I keep getting this error.
Fatal Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your ...
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Is “Overlord: Raising Hell” for the PC a standalone expansion?
For some Steam games, like Titan Quest, the expansion is really just an addon to the original game, and includes all the original content plus more. Thus, even though the game and its expansion are ...
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How do I adjust Steam chat font sizes?
It seems that a recent Steam update increased font size in chat to 'improve readability'. Unfortunately, this only changed the font size in the in the conversation area and nowhere else in the chat ...
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“Mastering / crushing / playing” Steam game info for Borderlands 2
If you try viewing game info of a person playing Borderlands 2, it will show you "Mastering 1-52", "Crushing 1-9" or "Playing 1-11" and also "Dominating".
The first number means the playthrough ...
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How can I stop invitation spam?
Occasionally, I receive invitations to join a Steam group from people I've never met, and which are most likely just sock-puppet accounts to begin with. However, 99% of the time, none of my friends ...
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Installing Black Mesa through Steam
A friend told me Black Mesa has been "Greenlighted" for distribution on Steam. I also read somewhere that it's free and requires the Source SDK that comes bundled with some Valve games.
I'm searching ...
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Quake 3 Team Arena won't start without restarting Steam
I have Quake 3 Team Arena installed on Windows 7 32 bit via Steam and whenever I start up Steam and go to play it, it'll boot up just fine. If I play another game on Steam beforehand and then go to ...
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Can you set a queue for games being installing on Steam?
So, I just bought a bunch of games on Steam. Of course, none of them are installed.
Steam, by default, installs one game at a time. If there is a game not being installed, it will eventually be ...
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Is there a way to bypass the Steam region lock?
I want to check out a game but when I view it from Steam, it says:
"This item is currently unavailable in your region"
Is there a way to go around this limitation? Not simply by using a proxy to ...
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How to use multiple Steam accounts without re-entering passwords?
I'd like to switch between two Steam accounts (from the same windows user account) without having to re-enter their passwords. So basically I am trying to write a batchfile which takes care of the ...
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Skyrim achievements are locked although I've completed them
There are 3 achievements which are still locked in my profile although I've completed the quests required by them: Blood Oath, Taking Care of Business and One with the Shadows.
Is there a way to ...
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Can I tell Steam which monitor to open a game on?
I have two monitors and Windows 7. Is it possible to tell Steam to open a game on my second monitor instead of the main monitor?
If that's not possible through Steam itself, is there some other way ...
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How can I get the 'Moustachio' achievements in Left 4 Dead 2?
There are two achievements related to 'Moustachio' in Left 4 Dead 2.
These are the descriptions:
Gong Show - Prove you are stronger than Moustachio.
Stache Whacker - Prove you are faster than ...
