 Punkbuster errors - service communication failure |
| Capt.Furillo |
  07/28/07 4:41am
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 Sergeant  Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 69 Joined: January 26th 2006 Member No.: 1557  |
Noticed quite a few people being kicked due to PB probs over last 2 days. Common error being PNKBstrB.exe not loading. I had same problem and traced it back to last update of my Nav/Firewall package (McAfee). Seems there's a history of Nav products like McAfee suddently blocking both pnkbstrb and pnkbstra .exe files. To fix you need to manually change the firewall settings and give both files full access. On my set up one file was in the COD main folder and the other in the Windows/shell32 folder. Then reboot and you should be fine. Sure there's some real techies out there who can give a fuller answer but this worked for me and it was driving me nuts for an hour or so till fixed.
Hope this helps. This post has been edited by Capt.Furillo: 07/28/07 4:43am |
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| maester |
07/29/07 12:28pm
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 First Lieutenant  Group: Forum Member Posts: 155 Joined: April 16th 2006 From: Tennessee Member No.: 1703 Xfire: sdtfmaester |
Do not remove any of them they are required
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php Starting with PB Client version 1.700, the new components are required. Uninstalling and/or disabling the new components will cause PunkBuster to stop working correctly and will cause frequent kicking from PunkBuster enabled servers. What exactly does the PnkBstrA service do? We have moved part of PunkBuster's auto-update functionality into the PnkBstrA service. This service is used by PunkBuster to update other PunkBuster components in the background while users are playing our supported games with PunkBuster enabled. By moving this functionality and others into services and drivers, the part of PunkBuster that runs inside the game no longer needs Administrator rights. What other components does PnkBstrA update? There are currently two other new components, another service called PnkBstrB and a kernel driver called PnkBstrK. These are not installed by the PBSVC Setup Program. They are installed and/or updated on the fly by PnkBstrA when a game is launched with PunkBuster enabled. PnkBstrB and PnkBstrK help PunkBuster look for cheats while users are playing on PunkBuster enabled servers. This post has been edited by maester: 07/29/07 12:30pm --------------------   |
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Capt.Furillo Punkbuster errors - service communication failure 07/28/07 4:41am
Shred and Burn Yep.
I fixed my errors by resetting the firewall t... 07/28/07 7:55am
M@ster of Dis@ster
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I fixed my errors by resetting the firewall ... 07/28/07 12:14pm
Meowman
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I fixed my errors by resetting the firewall... 07/29/07 8:23pm M@ster of Dis@ster
[quote name='M@ster of Dis@ster' post='155577' da... 07/29/07 10:00pm Keystone Two-Eight Yep.
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