Steam Error Code 118. It says: "Unable to connect to server. You download a free application to access it.
Your computer periodically "freezes" for a few seconds at a time. Here's a summary of Valve's advice, taken from the Troubleshooting part of their help page: Check your firewalls: Your firewalls could be disabling portions of Steam's service. Take action now for maximum saving as these discount codes will not valid forever.
You'll need to figure out exactly which program or service is conflicting with the software by restoring startup items one at a time.
This happens sometimes during heavy traffic, but oftentimes it's during a steam sale like the Autumn sale they had in November or the Holiday sale.
Shame I still cannot find where I redeem the code for the 'free' DLC that came with the game I bought. Windows runs sluggishly and responds slowly to mouse or keyboard input. All the steam status sites say it's up and running, but the store doesn't load from either the.