Comments on: How to fix steam protocol problems in Windows Vista

By: Dally

Dally — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:50:26 +0000

I’m just about ready to give up on Steam.

By: seomain

seomain — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:03:37 +0000

Good tips thanks for sharing.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:24:47 +0000

Got this to work using Vista 64 bit. Make sure you uninstall steam first, then apply the registry fixes that are listed on the steam support page:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2087-MZES-9065

I did both fixes. I also edited them so that the fixes went to regular Program files and the Program Files (x86) folder, even though my steam is installed to the (x86) folder only, I wanted to be sure…

Finally, find all your steam keys (it looks like the Hkey root steam key is the one that is going to be messed up, but I also checked the current user keys. Do the permissions fix to them, make sure they have owners, all that jazz.

Finally, reinstall steam and you’re good to go.

Thanks for the help every1

By: Dujaga

Dujaga — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:46:58 +0000

please help me i have vista (=
and it doent work me
and have teamviewer also

By: samitches

samitches — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:15:04 +0000

i love you

By: Adevilar

Adevilar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:37:28 +0000

a big thanx to kepa and farid for that solution i was losing hair over this problem. now im gona frag some ass hehe

By: Vampir3

Vampir3 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:03:17 +0000

Thank you, now steam work again I LOVE YOU ! lol.

By: Path

Path — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:23:22 +0000

kepa’s solution is easier to follow and works perfectly, tyvm.

By: Nath

Nath — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:56:12 +0000

Thank you soo much!! You and kepa helped me a lot. I can finally download Age of Chivalry now

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:54:25 +0000

It worked, however took me quite a few tries, how i was able to fix it was, i had 2 program’s file in my c drive, 1 was program files the other was program files (x86).

The registry fix, apply it before you install steam, first uninstall then apply the fix then install steam, make sure all the permissions are correctly added before installing.

if your steam installed into the
c:/program files(x86)/Steam/

Make sure that your registry is set for only c:/program files/Steam/Steam.exe

Hope this helps, goodluck took me awile.