Как запустить Steam на Windows XP и Vista (steamui.dll error)

[Torrent Protector]

Steam 2019-01 Light[cloud.mail.ru]

Составил минимальный набор файлов от старой версии Steam (2019-01), которые необходимы, чтобы запустить Steam на Windows XP и, возможно, Vista. Решает также ошибку 'failed to load steamui.dll'. Я проверял на XP Service Pack 3. Инструкция внутри архива комментарием.

P.S. Модераторы могут удалить (замечены в удалении сообщений) тему, поэтому неравнодушные могут сделать копию на своих ресурсах и поделиться ими.
P.P.S. Moderators, if you will delete this message, I'll report that you abuse your privilegies.

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It's likely that you didn't put the 2014 package files into the package folder.
The steps that are supposed to happen are 3,4,5 followed by 1 and 2 where you cancel on 2 (though probably you could also do it on 1 with the same effect).
If you have any further troubles try following the instructions carefully again from the step 1.

[LonerD]

Brav♂ eredeti hozzászólása:

Login work.
But still can't download anything - "An error occurred while installing (content servers unreachable)"

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1. There is nothing "pro" about installing an archived version of a program and then downgrading it through its own tools by feeding it old update packages. And as far as security is concerned, its way riskier pirating games that are no longer available on a platform due to abandoned support forced platform restriciton.
2. It's you who have started posting opinions in this language, if you wouldn't have done that in the first place then you would've gotten your reply in russian.
3. "Unsupported" or abandoned games become unlisted in the store and community sections, however everyone who have bought a game before that have access to the latest uploaded version which can still be downloaded and then run to the various degrees of success.
That's valves grey area way of staying on the "product selling" side of things (rather than admitting to being an outright rental service), where using an outdated DRM environment is customers grey area way of accessing said products. As long as the former stays true, the latter is justified.

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VogeleR eredeti hozzászólása:

Buying game most of us assume no chance of eternal support.

The assumption is that a person gets indefinete retention of a product until its natural expiration date, code and builds themselves don't age.
Platform restrictions forced by a 3rd party distribution-DRM software violate that principle and have nothing to do with support of a particular product.

VogeleR eredeti hozzászólása:

using english started from your post

I've only cited the original post with the instructions so that one could trace the source directly themselves if one wished to do so. Sure, I wasn't planning to start arguing here, but neither was your post directed straight at me. Thus, the one to blame for you getting replies to your message in english is you.

VogeleR eredeti hozzászólása:

Unauthorized DRM removal

Using outdated DRM environment is not DRM removal, in fact the use of it is actually THE reason why one has to jump through so many hoops to get a game working. DRM in this instance certainly stays intact.
You should think first before making a point because your conviction and belief don't make something "clearly defined".

VogeleR eredeti hozzászólása:

why i must pay top when you just can enjoy cheap game on unsupported OS?

So that developers and publishers would try to create a superior product that would beat the existing competition.

VogeleR eredeti hozzászólása:

or steam nevermore will sell AAA.

If AAA would suddenly stop existing then I would be all for it. B-AA products is where unrestrained creativity and passion is.

[Bravo]

But that dystopia is what you are ultimately arguing for. Steam is semi-subscrition online required service, which, if we were to accept forced platform transition, deals in rentals. You are being delusional if you think that this is an acceptable state of things.

If you want to prove that you are not, please try to come up with believable and justified (as in, the one that does not come from malice or incompetence) reason why valve couldn't or wouldn't just make the most basic app that would let users run rightfuly owned games on platforms that aren't considered mainline anymore.
No community features, no streaming service, not even security features for store transactions that could also be cut - just login authentication and library features. It's not like there was a massive technological progress in that regard since the last platform, because those features work the same exact way today even with a 6 year old build of the client.

[LonerD]

Brav♂
What about this?
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/26/3557193237099385598/?ctp=2#c5413843407444983441
I tried on virtual machine with official MS WinXP SP3 image (and with custom russian XP image).
As I understand it, https certificates are not supported.
Can you download games from Steam servers with your old client? Or only run early downloaded?

[narl1]

Howl at the Moon eredeti hozzászólása:

Brav♂
What about this?
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/26/3557193237099385598/?ctp=2#c5413843407444983441
I tried on virtual machine with official MS WinXP SP3 image (and with custom russian XP image).
As I understand it, https certificates are not supported.
Can you download games from Steam servers with your old client? Or only run early downloaded?

for the 2014 version of the Steam client, the download servers are not supported, to support these servers, you must use the 2018 version

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@Howl at the Moon
I've read your initial reply and didn't see the need to respond since that is the extent of functionality for this version of a client.
I didn't come up with the method nor am I responsible for creation of individual components of the assembled client. I just came here to fulfil my responsibility of sharing the most basic solution of making it work.

I saw various people digging into the issue, but that was before people started having problems with running the client en masse, thus I'm not aware at the moment of any current solution.
The only leads I have are outlined in the description updates of this page:
https://archive.unblocked.cyou/details/steam_201901