Hello, Actually looking at the user-supplied fix shows you it's a registry change which is relevant to the Steam client, nothing to actually do with Source (client side or server side).
And further investigation shows that the particular registry key is used by the Steam client to remember the last URL for the banner to show inside Steam while an update is downloaded. It would appear that the Steam client shares the same code when downloading data from web servers for game content, and due to a bug somewhere there causes the client to crash (whether it is Valve or Microsoft is impossible to say). Microsoft have changed quite a bit in how Internet Explorer can be embedded with version 7, unlike prior versions which were heavily integrated with the operating system - one of these changes will affect the way Steam creates/destroys the associated window. -- Bart King http://www.bart666.com -- +44 781 219 5654 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
