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i recently bought a new computer and reinstalled bf2 and PR in the correct order from scratch. its a brilliant computer the game works flawlessy, but i have got Punk Buster problems and i dont know how to fix them. i looked everywhere on the internet and dowloaded the pb setup but nothing is working. i keep getting kicked for PB A. i desperately need a solution. can any of u help???
much appreciated

solution::
Originally Posted by BoarK
turning off UAC in Win7 did the trick for me.

this method works hence this thread is solved 4 anyone else who has windows 7 do the following if u have the same problem.

Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts

change user account settings
and turn the dial right to the bottom, to "never notify"

i did this after installing the PB setup application.

thank u

I guess below link will help you. If not try to search forum for more "punkbuster" threads.

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr-support/42895-problems-punkbuster.html

What exactly does Punkbuster say when it kicks you?

I guess you are on win7 ??

yes windows 7.
and its punkuster a administration service.

Moved to "PR Support"

turning off UAC in Win7 did the trick for me.

BoarK wrote:turning off UAC in Win7 did the trick for me.

this method works hence this thread is solved 4 anyone else who has windows 7 do the following if u have the same problem.

Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts

change user account settings
and turn the dial right to the bottom, to "never notify"

i did this after installing the PB setup application.

thank u

Remember to turn UAC back on when you're done playing if you're not comfortable with it off all the time.

BoarK wrote:turning off UAC in Win7 did the trick for me.

PR works flawlessly on Win 7 with UAC on and set to it's highest level "always notify". This requires that your user account on Windows have read and write access to BF2's mods folder.

Here is how to do it.

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