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[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Startup - updater built Nov 25 2013 17:46:38
[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Verifying installation...
[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Unable to read and verify install manifest C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_win32.installed
[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Verification complete
[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Downloading Update...
[2013-12-30 20:20:30] Checking for available update...
[2013-12-30 20:20:31] Download failed: http error 0
[2013-12-30 20:20:32] Download failed: http error 0
[2013-12-30 20:20:32] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2013-12-30 20:20:32] Failed to load manifest
[2013-12-30 20:20:32] Error: Download failed: http error 0
[2013-12-30 20:20:32] Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.

From what I can gather, it seems like it's not so much your connection to the internet, but more so your connection to the Steam servers, especially since they've been rather busy. I'm not too sure about it, but keep on trying and see if you still get the error.

The problem is, this has been a continual issue for the past three weeks, and even Amazon's game installer is having these problems, as well as iTunes. And yet it's not my network, because it works?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -UAXB-2919

Try starting there. Steam forums usually has a lot of helpful advice as well.

Did that, YB...that and every single thing on the site before I posted. >: I don't know what the deal is with it.