Dawn of War 2 Install Problem

[Jem]

Hey all

I'm having issues installing my retail copy of DoW2. I insert the disc, select language and everything. The game will then install third party software and everthing just fine. However when steam prepares the game for install - creating local game cache files etc- the progress bar will reach what one would assume to be 100% however does not move from this screen. i have tried running steam as admin and in compatablity for winxp service pack 3 to no aval.

On my steam games list it will show as installing however it will not make any progress (as i havnt even been able to enter a cd key or specify an install path yet) and trying to exit the install will cause steam to crash.

I would appreciate any advice given. My apologies if a thread like this has been posted in the past, i did try searching but found nothing of relevance to my problem. FYI i am running win7 32bit, with pc specs as follows:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor 5200+ 2.61 Ghz
Ram: 4.00 Gb (3.25 usable)
Video: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS

 

[Jem]

Anyone?

 

[spacedmarine]

Same Problem diferent OS

I realize this is a windows 7 forum but i having the exact same problem on Vista Home Premium and i could not find another thread to follow for Vista.

Previously my game ran fine until one day steam froze at a progress bar that said "scanning for updates," After a trying turning my firewall off and visiting some forums I came to the reluctant decision to uninstall steam and reinstall it.

Every thing seemed to be going fine till I hit another progress bar during the installation that said it was loading data on to the cache and it hit 100% and did not go any further and closing it caused the program to crash.

in summary i believe the problem is not only with windows 7 or just the one progress bar.

Hope that helps

 

[AeonGamer]

Install AND steam must be ran in Admin mode and try Not to use the Autorun feature on the DoW 2 disc as it did the same for me when I tried it like that.
For spacedmarine with Admin mode on both it SHOULD work, if it doesn't I'd go consult the DoW 2 Forums tech support for further help.

Jem - Compatability mode Vista SP 2, both in Admin mode

 

[Aldjinn]

You can also just add the game to steam and let steam download it instead of using the DVD for installation. Works fine for me with Windows 7 Pro x64.

 

[AeonGamer]

You can also just add the game to steam and let steam download it instead of using the DVD for installation. Works fine for me with Windows 7 Pro x64.

Or this will work as well heh