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I'm pretty sure you have to buy one of the things on sale, as a gift. Not sure if (to get the achievement) you have to actually give it to someone, but if you've come this far why not go ahead?
I also don't know if this applies to Steam Market purchases and/or from the Mann co Store in TF2 itself.

Half-Life 1 on Vista and 7 (and I presume 8 too) requires you to excempt hl.exe from one of its highly touted protection "features" called "Data Execution Prevention".
Find the System Properties control panel.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Click on the "Settings" button for "Performance"
Click on the "Data Execution Prevention" tab.
For me, I make sure DEP is enabled and then put one entry on the list. Find the hl.exe program and add it here. Then Half-Life 1 will run perfectly.
(C:\Programs and Files (x68)\steam\steamapps\<your account name>\Half-Life\hl.exe)

Originally posted by FrazerJC:

2) Steam Guard enabled. I believe if you type in this code incorrectly many times your account is disabled briefly...

That is worrisome. If someone tries logging in enough time on an unauthenticated device it shouldn't affect other already registered devices by disabiling your legit ability to log on using them. Otherwise a hacker could just try your account enough (assuming they knew the account and password) and ruin your day even though they never got to really log in and do damage.
And I wonder if it kicks you off our legit current session before or after they enter the right code.

I signed up yesterday just because. I logged in. I also "Tied it to my steam account" whatever that does. Nowhere in steam or the forums does it say the other account name.
I still have not received my welcome to the forums email.
Maybe they stopped doing that.

The mouseover for this topic still proudly shows the link. I guess there are two places to remove it from.

If you could turn off steamguard from an unauthorized computer steam has some major security issues to fix.

"Alive" is a subjective term.
I am still functional.
Twinkies are non-functional.

"NOOOOooooooo! That was a load bearing poster!"
(House crashes to the ground)

Check for GFWL.
You can't even play it on steam without logging into that microsoft service online.

Oh and expect someday for the devs to figure out how to make it work on 7, since everyone has that or 8 by now.

I have no idea what the GOTY edition adds other than 4 letters to the title.

My bank issued Visa Debit card is never accepted by steam.
I have had to resort to other cards. Strangely pre-paid visa debit cards work for me.
Does anyone want to name banks? If we raise a big enough fuss maybe they can fix it, or close our accounts for being roudy...