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Open up your Steam installation directory.If it's still in task manager after you close it, force-kill the process. Close Steam and make sure it's not open in your task manager.If the update is STILL b0rked, give this a go: I've had downloads jump from 2% to like 80% just by waiting it out. At peak download times, sometimes Steam stops reporting download info correctly. If you're still running into trouble after switching download regions, just leave Steam idle for like ten minutes. I know they have to do maintenance on them but I wonder why they would post something in the community about it. I will try the different region thing.Thought it was weird that Steam of all places would have trouble with servers. Thanks for the help, I was wondering if I was the only one. Every time a big new TF2 update drops, it seems like I can pull the biggest download numbers from China for some said: I've done this a few times when Steam is busy. If it still complains that the steam servers are too busy you could try changing your default Steam download servers temporarily and re-check your cache files - it's under Steam->Settings->Downloads+Cloud->Download Region.
