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racer13fly
04-05-2010, 04:59 AM
So I finally downloaded and installed the v1.5 patch for BF2. I did all the PunkBuster updates and made sure I had everything including the PBSVC. I have latest driver and the latest hotfix as well for the Alt+Tab issue. But now when I go into any server, I get booted within a minute because for some reason the PnkBstr A and B aren't starting. I get the error for B but I know it's for A as well because I can't see it running in Task Manager. I also can't find the executables for them either. Can anyone help me out? :confused:
Thanks!

~Ryan

EDIT: And if there's someway for the server to allow me to play with this issue, please somehow do it. I'd like to come in and play but I can't since I keep getting kicked.

racer13fly
04-06-2010, 06:55 PM
Well I was able to get it working. All I did was just randomly mess with a couple lines of code in a .bat file I made earlier. However, if someone gets the same problem, here's the fix.
Go into Notepad and type this code exactly:
:start
sc config PnkBstrB binpath= "c:\windows\SysWOW64\PnkBstrB.exe" start= "demand"
timeout 11
goto start(Change the "SysWOW64" to "System32" if you have a 32 bit and not a 64 bit OS.)
Save it with a .bat extension, name could be anything. All you have to do is run that before everytime you open BF2 (or a game with Punkbuster with the same problem) and should work.
This problem is mostly for Win7 64-bit PCs so Patriot, you might find this useful.
And Thanks for Yoosty who helped me find the site with the original .bat file!

~Ryan