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bruceian
30-12-2004, 02:46 AM
ok i have hl2 for 3 days now and cannot play the it.
for some reason i have to connect to steam (i didnot need to for hl1)
affter filling out the info and answering some questions like whats my mothers maiden name.

it says steam working.. creating account

meanwhile i am connected to internet browsing the net reading sending emails.

i come back to it after a few minutes and it says:
"steam-create account failed

SteamProcessCall(CreateAccount)(Oxab0003,0x17cfc04,0x17cfd0c) failed with error 200: Failed to connect, winsock error 10061 "connection refused""

i tried several times having to reenter data.

and still same error.

help whats going on

ian
^Ben
30-12-2004, 02:47 AM
Do you have xfire?
Goethe
30-12-2004, 02:48 AM
are u on AOL?
bruceian
30-12-2004, 02:50 AM
i had xfire but unistalled it

as recommended by someone

and i am on aol
^Ben
30-12-2004, 02:53 AM
Upgrade to the newest version of AOL.
bruceian
30-12-2004, 02:57 AM
i give it a try
my last attemp it took days to download.
but maybe its worth it
^Ben
30-12-2004, 02:58 AM
Can't you get it on a CD?

Goethe had the same problem connecting to steam and that's what solved it for him.
bruceian
30-12-2004, 03:03 AM
you see the cds every where all the time.
you get sick of them.
you use them as costers
then when you really need one you cannot find one.
anyways
thanks for the tip


ian
^Ben
30-12-2004, 03:11 AM
Actually try this.

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Xfire hijacks your LSP which is linked to the winsock(error time baybeee)
Bud_Weiser
30-12-2004, 03:17 AM
Listen to Ben, wise he is. ;)

Yes, this will fix your problem. =)
^Ben
30-12-2004, 03:38 AM
http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=215

This seems like a better guide.
bruceian
09-01-2005, 12:39 AM
it turned out the update to aol 9.0 fixed the problem.

thakyou all very much that assisted me.

ian bruce
Goethe
09-01-2005, 02:12 AM
it turned out the update to aol 9.0 fixed the problem.

thakyou all very much that assisted me.

ian bruce

I told you! It's a very simple fix to that problem. I wonder why it has taken Valve so long to address that issue. To this day they have yet to say something about it.