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'''IMPORTANT:''' Winadmins and wheel members; don't run Steam.exe as Administrator. It will screw the permissions again.

As of May 2011, all of the UCC's Windows machines run Steam. Steam presents an annoying set of problems, as it has not been engineered for a multi-user environment.

IMPORTANT: Winadmins and wheel members; don't run Steam.exe as Administrator. It will screw the permissions again.

To fix steam, you need to set Advanced Permissions (these instructions are for Win7):

  1. Right click Steam directory
  2. Choose Properties
  3. Click Advanced button
  4. Choose "Change Permissions..."
  5. Delete any group listed except "Everyone", "gumby (UCCDOMAIN\gumby)", "wheel (UCCDOMAIN\wheel)", "winadmin (UCCDOMAIN\winadmin)" and "SYSTEM". If the list is missing any one of these groups, please add them.
  6. Set groups "Everyone" and "gumby (UCCDOMAIN\gumby)" with all permissions to Allow EXCEPT "Full control", "Take ownership" and "Change permissions", which should not be ticked either way.
  7. Set other groups to allow "Full Control"
  8. Select option "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object"
  9. Choose "Apply"
  10. Close dialog and choose "Owner" tab
  11. Ensure that owner is "SYSTEM"; if it is not, change it. Ensure you tick "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".