Ok.. I finally decided to get on the same page as many of you guys, and get the beta patches...

Here's the problem.. it sometimes takes me 5 times to get one patch.. I see it prep, download, copy,install... and the patch-level doesn't increase. It's been at 1.09e for the last 6 tries now.. WTF??? 

Do I need to run the game first to let it all 'take' then patch again, or should I be able to run through one at a time? Also.. why the hell won't it just do from release-patch straight through to max beta patch? This is getting highly aggravating. I never wanted Steam (or Impulse for that matter) and crap like this is the reason why