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Error verifying steam user id ticket?

Posted in Errors, Games by Elliott Back on May 3rd, 2007.

If you’ve ever played Counterstrike CS or you might have gotten the error error verifying steam user id ticket. It basically means that the server couldn’t authenticate you with the steam authentication servers to make sure you’re using a legit version of the game. It could be that Steam is down, but more likely it is a transient glitch. Here are some tips to solve:

  • Restart steam. Close the stream from the tray, and run your game again.
  • Log out of steam, then log back in. Try your game again.
  • Close steam. Go Program Files then find ClientRegistry.blob in your steam directory and delete it. Restart steam.
  • Close steam. Then update your system clock and start up steam again.

If this doesn’t solve it, you should email steam / valve tech support, or go leave a post on their forums.

steam-error.png

I know the steam error doesn’t look quite as good as ^, but I figured a mockup was better than none.

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