Instant NS Crash
Invader_Scoot
Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<div class="IPBDescription">No error, IE7?</div>I have a very strange problem that others appear to have as well over on the NSA forums ( <a href="http://www.nsarmslab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7053" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://www.nsarmslab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7002" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://www.nsarmslab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6538" target="_blank">3</a> ) but their solution doesn't fix my problem. Supposedly the Internet Explorer 7 Betas conflict with Steam in somehow. Anyway, I have IE7B3, and when connecting to NS servers and I get to the verifying resources stage NS just instant crashes with no error messages. However if I uninstall IE7 and revert to IE6, Steam is just completely broken and can't even launch without getting an error. I'd prefer to fix the problem and stay on IE7, for <b><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,125772,pg,3,00.asp#ie6" target="_blank">certain security reasons</a></b>, even though I use Firefox.
Any help? I can post configs or other information if needbe.
(Source engine games have no errors.)
After uninstalling IE7B3, here is what happens:
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I started getting this error when I uninstalled IE7B3, because people on other forums have said that causes Natural Selection to crash at certain times while connecting to servers. Well, I get that crash error so I decided to uninstall IE7B3, and now I get this error when starting up Steam. Please note that I have already uninstalled, deleted all registry keys having to do with Valve or Steam and then reinstalled but to no avail.
<a href="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error1.thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>
By the way, I AM NOT ON WINDOWS VISTA. Windows XP Proffessional, just using a Windows Vista skin. And then to make matters worse, I also get this error while installing Steam.
<a href="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error2.thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>
I have no idea where this error is coming from but I never would get anything like that while IE7 was installed.
To reiterate:
This error only comes up when IE7B3 is not installed. IE6 is working as normal, but I use firefox instead anyway.
Thanks.
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Any help? I can post configs or other information if needbe.
(Source engine games have no errors.)
After uninstalling IE7B3, here is what happens:
<!--QuoteBegin-Me on SomethingAwful Forums+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Me on SomethingAwful Forums)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
I started getting this error when I uninstalled IE7B3, because people on other forums have said that causes Natural Selection to crash at certain times while connecting to servers. Well, I get that crash error so I decided to uninstall IE7B3, and now I get this error when starting up Steam. Please note that I have already uninstalled, deleted all registry keys having to do with Valve or Steam and then reinstalled but to no avail.
<a href="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error1.thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>
By the way, I AM NOT ON WINDOWS VISTA. Windows XP Proffessional, just using a Windows Vista skin. And then to make matters worse, I also get this error while installing Steam.
<a href="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.scootgaming.com/Other/steam_error2.thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>
I have no idea where this error is coming from but I never would get anything like that while IE7 was installed.
To reiterate:
This error only comes up when IE7B3 is not installed. IE6 is working as normal, but I use firefox instead anyway.
Thanks.
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Comments
After cursing at Steam and uninstalling IE7B3, things went back to normal with any steam problems.. I dunno what is causing yours.. Did you try reinstalling IE6?
Can't fix your problem, but you sure fixed mine! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Until then, I recommend you take Thresth's advice and reinstall IE6 and/or steam.
... off to install it ( noes )
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Does Steam support Internet Explorer 7.0 BETA and Windows Vista BETA?
Answer
Steam does not support Internet Explorer 7.0 BETA and Windows Vista BETA - the use of operating systems and web browsers still in the beta testing stage with Steam is not recommended.
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From <a href="http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=460&p_created=1148343819&p_sid=_7B6daei&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NTQmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1pbnRlcm5ldCBleHBsb3Jlcg**&p_li=&p_topview=1" target="_blank">here</a>.
In fact you can't play any HL/HL2 mods, so it's not only an NS related issue.
EDIT :
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It's Tresth dangit!
Oh, and if I connected to a server successfully and joined another that would cause me to crash, NS would just completely lockup and I would have to shut down my computer to fix it.