Mafia II demo with Steam "install steam service"

[homercles337]

Im trying to play the Mafia II demo but Steam wants me to install their fix/service for bad coding. Im going to download from another source, that client fix is bullshit. Why cant Valve do this correctly?

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

The only thing I could find on google was that steam installs as a service. Was your steam install functioning properly before this?

 

[homercles337]

The only thing I could find on google was that steam installs as a service. Was your steam install functioning properly before this?

Steam has been working as expected (buggy as hell for non-valve games--GTAIV, DA:O-- solid for valve games--HL2, Portal). They have issued a patch/workaround for win7 x64 that im not comfortable with and every time i launch Steam i get the prompt to "install steam service" but i reject and it works just fine. Until now. I know this is some DRM bullshit. Oh well, guess i wont be playing this demo or buying the full game, i have no tolerance for DRM problems. Even the downloaded DEMO wants Steam? Nope, im not going deal with this.