Thread: Cant play PR

Bud, I had the same thing happen last night, I wanted to kick my computer out the window.

Here is what I did, thanks to Dusty's link in the BF2 forums in the Punkbuster sticky.

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I was having this issue for 2 weeks plus getting kicked to desktop. The only thing that fixed it for me is the following:

** NOTE: I am also running Windows XP so I am not sure if this is the same for others.

Quote from: Bubbasam on 07/14/08, 05:00 PM
I started having the problem yesterday afternoon, did some googling and found this (which so far has worked):

This is a copy of a reply from EA games, This worked for me after several stressfull days trying to play bf2..it works great now!

You must follow the instructions EXACTLY or you may get problems.
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Delete and Reinstall the Punkbuster Folder and Software
To delete and reinstall the Punkbuster folder and software:

Click on My Computer.
Click on the C: drive, or wherever you have Battlefield 2 installed.
Click on Program Files.
Click on Electronic Arts.
Click on Battlefield 2.
Right-click on the pb folder, then click Delete.
Download and run the installation software for Punkbuster, which can be found here.
http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe
Click the Uninstall button.
Close the installer.
Click on the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type regedit in the text field and press OK.
Warning: Changes to the registry can cause your computer to operate improperly, so please follow these instructions exactly as they are written.
Follow these steps to back-up the registry so that should something go wrong, you can restore your system back to a working state:
If you are using Windows 2000/XP/Vista, click on File, and select Export. Note: If you are using Windows 95/98/ME, click on Registry
Then select Export Registry.
Select All under Export Range.
Type backup into the File name field, and click Save. You've now created a backup version of your registry.
Once you've created your backup, continue as follows.
Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click the plus sign next to System.
Click the plus sign next to ControlSet001.
Click the plus sign next to Services.
Look for PnkBstrA, PnkBstrB, and PnkBstrK, and if they exist, right-click on each one and select Delete.
Click the minus sign next to ControlSet001.
Repeat steps 5, 6, 7, and 8 immediately above for any other ControlSet folders you have, such as ControlSet002 or CurrentControlSet.
Close regedit.
Double-click on the My Computer icon.
Double-click on drive C:.
Double-click on windows.
Double-click on system32.
Look for PnkBstrA.exe and PnkBstrB.exe and if they exist, right-click on each one and select Delete.
Double-click on drivers.
Look for PnkBstrK.sys, and if it exists, right-click on it and select Delete.
Restart windows.
Follow the instructions here to reinstall Punkbuster.
PunkBuster Online Countermeasures
Try to play Battlefield 2

You also might want to go to this topic http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=40647.0 That is where I got my answers. Best of luck

It worked for me, just follow the instructions exactly.

Originally Posted by GoofRatty

I will get this happening when I arrive at home. Thanks Blakeman I appreciate it alot.

Do you have other games that use punkbuster? I think it may have caused mine since I installed another game that uses gamespy/PB and then it happened again the other night when I uninstalled that game.

This fix works, but its not fun to do, especially when the server was almost empty when you wanted to get on.. then is full when you get done with this...