A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Reduces bandwidth used for stats and achievements on OSX
  
• Improves reliability when multiple achievements are unlocked simultaneously
  
• Fix for possible Steam lockup when launching a game
  
• Added 'view game store page' option on the context menu for friends who are in a game
  
• Fixed steamclient.dll importing a function not available on Win2k
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed an issue on Windows 2000 requiring the SP4 update rollup 1 package to be installed for Steam to run
  
• Fixed in-game overlay generating spurious D3D11 debug runtime warnings about CSSetUnorderedAccessViews when running on downlevel hardware
  
• Fix regression causing a crash on exit in the in-game overlay
  
• Small startup performance optimization to not initialize settings dialog data until needed
  
• Fix the you have been logged in elsewhere dialog to not leave Steam in a broken state on Cancel
  
• Support for a forthcoming news URL format change
  
• Fixed Retail not prompting for a CD key when creating a new account
  
• Fixed VGUI crashing when the number of panels was very large (ie, for users with huge friends/clan membership lists)
  
• Decreased number of VGUI panels active at once for friends list
  
• Decreased the time it takes Steam to launch some games
  
• Fixed memory leak when resizing in-game overlay web browser
  
• Fixed potential failure or client hang when failing talking to content server directory servers
  
• Fixed overlapping text for pending group invites in the friends list invites section
  
• Fixed error message “You don't currently have any games ready to backup..” when restoring a previous game backup
  
• Fixed Cloud changing last modified times on clouded files.
  
• Fixed the Cloud sync transfer rate display in list view
  
• Steamworks - Fixed case where building an installer could randomly fail due to an error in the Microsoft crypto library
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Win32 side support for Steam Play / Steam Cloud integration with upcoming Mac titles
  
• Fix a regression causing Steam to fail if installed in a path with non-ascii characters
  
• Fix to grant achievements based on stat progress if progress is 100% but the achievement was not previously granted
  
• Fix a case where opt-in free games like the Counter-Strike: Source Beta would not appear in the library view until installed.
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed not being able to run on Windows 2000
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed updating URL shell handler for steam://
  
• Fixed friends windows not fading in/out correctly in the in-game overlay
  
• Fixed layout of bottom launch region in in-game overlay sometimes breaking after using the invite to game dialog
  
• Fixed store pages not showing after exit for some game demos
  
• Fixed a dialog about Cloud sync failures for "Steam Client" popping up sometimes, with a "Play Game" button
  
• Added separator between user’s name and status in compact view for the friends dialog
  
• Fixed automatically closing the overlay when the invite to lobby dialog is closed
  
• Fixed some chat event text being underlined when the text wasn't clickable
  
• Improved multi-line text entry
  
• Improved updating Steam to retry more servers
  
• Fix friends list updating with pending Clan Invites reading the disk for friendpanel.layout every time
  
• Hint the OS to page out Steam memory more aggressively on every game launch
  
• Fixed "show online friends only" setting applying to "invites" section where everyone is offline
  
• Decreased frequency of some background update checks to decrease the frequency of clientregistry.blob access
  
• Made TCP the default for initial connection attempts to Friends/VAC for users on single core machines
  
• Several small perf optimizations to decrease CPU usage on low end machines
  
• Fixed some fallback logic to improve service when Steam content servers have trouble
  
• Fixed getting invalid error message when registering CD-Keys
  
• Fixed Manual link in game details page to open in external browser (since it’s almost always a pdf)
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed high CPU usage on some machines caused by WebKit windows running their frame loop at a fast rate even when not visible
  
• Fixed high CPU usage on moving a Steam window where more redrawing was occurring than was needed
  
• Added the ability to enable or disable DirectWrite based font-rendering in the settings dialog
  
• Fixed store page not being shown correctly on trying to accept an invite to a game you don't own
  
• Fixed some highlight styles in friends chats when selecting text
  
• Fixed some unneeded .mdmp file creation when launching mods
  
• Added back 16x16 icon support for mods, and now supporting new 32x32 icon. Mod authors should add a 32x32 icon with the same name as the 16x16 but with _big added to the end of the filename.
  
• Fixed potential memory corruption crash for some first time users installing from a retail install disc
  
• Fixed a crash on exit when requests for app icon data were still in-flight
  
• Fixed pause/resume button sizing in non-english languages on downloads page
  
• Improved hit testing on frame buttons (minimize, maximize, close)
  
• Improved hit testing in text entry controls
  
• Fixed the in-game browser hanging on maps.google.com
  
• Fixed custom cursors showing as no cursor in the in-game browser (custom cursors are still not supported, but the arrow cursor will now be shown at least)
  
• Improved error handling in the in-game browser so instead of testshell-error: you'll get a more useful error page shown in the browser window
  
• Additional strings and fixes for non-english languages
  
• Fix reconnect attempts while Friends/VAC is offline causing stuttering in the client and potentially in Steamworks games
  
• Fix for a very small memory leak on moving windows
  
• Fix bold text in the unknown url warning dialog in chats sometimes not appearing
  
• Throttle attempts to update clouded steam config settings to avoid excess attempts when the Cloud servers restart
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed issue preventing Madballs from properly running
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed an issue retrieving master server information
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed not always decrypting a game on launch
  
• Really fixed offline mode not always working
  
• Fixed cases where a game would stop downloading for no reason
  

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed offline mode not working