So the majority of the games I've installed on this computer have been on Steam. Those games download quickly and are usually not very fussy. However, I've started installing some games from the retail disc and that's another story. Dawn of War 2's progress bar wouldn't go past 0 percent, and the disc looked perfect. The original Dawn of War expansions installed correctly but only after what must have been 10 minutes a piece.
So naturally I'm inclined to believe it's a problem with my DVD drive. So tonight I download a few demos online.
Resident Evil 5 Benchmark has been sitting here for 10 minutes doing nothing. After another 5 it starts making progress. After SEVENTEEN minutes it is installed and ready to use, with VAC bugging me every step of the way. I'm having similar problems with the Crysis Demo, so I tried an .exe that has a little less size to it, and the Plants vs. Zombies demo is installing in a similar manner.
I definitely didn't experience this kind of sluggishness under XP, and didn't realize it was a problem until I began installing non-steam programs. Does anyone have insight? My suspicions sort of lie within VAC....
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So what happens when you install a program that isn't a game? Same thing, or is it specifically affecting game installation?
Non game applications install so quickly if you blink you might miss it.
Sound and video drivers... up to date? are you using the windows supplied ones, or third party?