Steam is too slow

Hi,

I have just purchased S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl of Steam, and it's been an hour since the "Preparing STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl files for install..." wizard has started loading, but it's stuck on the last "loading rectangle" for 55 minutes.

Is it really stuck, or it just needs more time?

• Restart steam
• Right click and 'resume download' or stop and resume it again.

I can't resume or stop download, because it didn't even start downloading!

It's just preparing the files for install now..

It's the second time I'm trying to install it, with no luck.

I will just restart my computer, maybe that will work.

I think you misunderstood me.

It's not that it's stuck at 0% downloading. It's stuck at "Preparing *** files for install...", like in this screenshot:

just restart steam, that usually solves those sorts of problems.

I actually got stalker on steam today... took about 45 minutes to fully download.

45 minutes that's very fast. :)

I'm connected with ADSL, and my internet connection speed is 1.5MB.

My maximum download rate is 184kb\s, but currently, Steam is downloading STALKER at 8-14kb\s!

Is there anything I could do to make it run faster?

I don't have a firewall installed, and the Windows Firewall is off.

The download is stuck at 87% for a few hours now.

I tried restarting my PC, restarting Steam, pause and resuming the download process, checking for files integrity, but it's still stuck.

Can I choose what Steam server to connect to?

There is a new Israeli server that was started a few days ago, and it's the first ever Israeli server, and I guess it's not stable enough, yet.

I am patient.

When the download was 87% done, it ws after it was downloading for almost 24 hours.

Anyways, I deleted the ClientRegistry.blob file, that is in the Steam folder, and now it is downloading at 75kb\s, which is pretty good,

and it should be done when I get back home from school.