Steam insallation issue.

Paddox · 05-21-2009, 08:12 PM

A buddy of mine mentioned this weekend team fortress 2 is half off, however I can't get steam to install. Every time I do I hit an error saying "Error 1500 another installation is in progress. Please finish that one before starting this one."

I went through task manager and nothing seems out of the ordinary, so I doubt my laptops downloading a virus or something. I'm stumped.

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-22-2009, 09:49 PM

Hi Paddox and welcome to TSF,

Restart your PC and try again. Also the download could be corrupt try downloading it again.
http://store.steampowered.com/about/

Baejung92 · 05-23-2009, 02:54 PM

Steam's been doing weird things these past few days. It's part of the update rush and whatnot, and probably will get fixed by the end of the weekend.

Paddox · 05-26-2009, 07:05 AM

I tried, but it didn't do anything. I eventually resolved the issue by switching the installation process to manual.

Anybody else with Windows vista having issues, follow these instructions.

1- Start menu

2- Right click "Computer" and pick "Manage". (You need to be an administrator account to do this I believe.)

3- Click "Services and Applications

4- Click "Services"

5- Scroll down and look for "Windows Installer".

6- Right click it, select "Properties". Towards the middle of the menu it should say starter type. Click the drop down menu and choose "Manual". When you restart your computer now, you should be good to go.

05-21-2009, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paddox Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Dell inspiron 1720, vista	Steam insallation issue. A buddy of mine mentioned this weekend team fortress 2 is half off, however I can't get steam to install. Every time I do I hit an error saying "Error 1500 another installation is in progress. Please finish that one before starting this one." I went through task manager and nothing seems out of the ordinary, so I doubt my laptops downloading a virus or something. I'm stumped.

05-22-2009, 09:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,391 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Steam insallation issue. Hi Paddox and welcome to TSF, Restart your PC and try again. Also the download could be corrupt try downloading it again. http://store.steampowered.com/about/ __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

05-23-2009, 02:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Baejung92 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 168 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Steam insallation issue. Steam's been doing weird things these past few days. It's part of the update rush and whatnot, and probably will get fixed by the end of the weekend.

05-26-2009, 07:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paddox Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Dell inspiron 1720, vista	Re: Steam insallation issue. I tried, but it didn't do anything. I eventually resolved the issue by switching the installation process to manual. Anybody else with Windows vista having issues, follow these instructions. 1- Start menu 2- Right click "Computer" and pick "Manage". (You need to be an administrator account to do this I believe.) 3- Click "Services and Applications 4- Click "Services" 5- Scroll down and look for "Windows Installer". 6- Right click it, select "Properties". Towards the middle of the menu it should say starter type. Click the drop down menu and choose "Manual". When you restart your computer now, you should be good to go.