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hello all

1st I want to thank you for taking your time to help me solve my issue.

Since its 3am here ill just summarize my problem, tomorrow if needed ill take more time to explain and post more data.

A few days ago I bough bf2 specificaly to play PR because it looked like an awsome mod and today i finaly got my game and DLed PR.

I followed all the install instructions and everything was fine and dandy until i joined my 1st server.

for my surprise i was INSTA (not even joined squad) GLOBALY BANNED by punkbuster (god i always get in problems with it) with the code e4bb34e9.

So i started reading at the forum for problems related to punkbuster. I downloaded pbsvc and followed the steps (including restart) and pbsetup and again followed steps. Still same problem. Created another account just to make sure and still same error.

Tried a dozen solutions / reinstall and spent 3 hours googling and still have the same problem...

So my pbsvc gives me no errors at the end, still in the log I find some doubtfull information:

Starting PunkBuster Service Tests (v0.991) (09/04/11 03:09:36)
Checking OS
Windows NT 6.1 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64-bit
Checking PnkBstrA service status RUNNING
Checking PnkBstrA Version OK (1034)
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to:
"C:\Users\ACreator\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe"
OK
Checking firewall settings OFF
Is PnkBstrA explicitly allowed?
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe NO
Is PnkBstrB explicitly allowed?
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe NO
Checking if PnkBstrB is running STOPPED
Getting port for PnkBstrA OK (44301)
Opening socket for packet send OK
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrA OK
Received 6 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
Response = 7098 (ms) Version = v1034
Getting PnkBstrB install instance OK
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA OK
Received 3 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
Response = 14103 (ms) PnkBstrB started.
Load SUCCESSFUL.
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (15) CHANGED (16)
Getting port for PnkBstrB OK (45301)
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrB OK
Received 5 bytes from 127.0.0.1:45301
Response = 3011 (ms) Version = 2202
Checking PnkBstrK driver status NOT FOUND
Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED
Removing test PnkBstrB file OK

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Tests finished.


any ideas WTF is going on??

also I noticed that in my processes i dont see any pnkbusterA or B running when I open the game. Is this normal? or is that my problem??


honestly I dont know what to do anymore and I just want to try the darn game.

I mean, im pretty sure i didnt cheat or have any virus (cuz i also run antivirus, and also its a new PC....).

anyways thanks

Did you install the 1.41 and 1.5 patch for bf2?

yes like i said, i installed everything in order. the part that pisses me off more is that i cant find a similar error code as mine :S