Various Punkbuster issues

[tommytgun]

I have been playing PR for a while now (since .5 or so, maybe earlier) and never, since the last 2 PR releases, have I had so many problems with Punkbuster. Every time I try to play PR, I either get the error that I have lost key packets, heartbeats stopped, initialization failed, or I have simply lost connection to the server. I have done everything that was supposed to fix these problems (Initialization failure is the most common one) such as using the PBSVC thing to uninstall + reinstall PB and then using PBsetup to update it again, but to no avail. I can also not play Forgotten Hope 2 because of initialization failure as well, however I can play vBf2 perfectly fine with no problems at all.

Anyone know any other ways to possibly solve my problems? I would really love to be able to play PR again...

Thanks,
Tommy-T-Gun

[thepalerider]

Check Punkbuster B is set to auto re-start.

Open your Control Panel. Go to Administrative Services. Click

on Services while PR is running. Select Punkbuster B, right click, select properties, select the

recovery tab and make sure they all say "Restart the service" for all three dropdowns. You can do

the same for PB A, but generally speaking, it's the B client that stops responding. Any time you

update PB, you may need to re-do this step.

W7 users = In services ( inside the 'log on' tab) check box which states “Allow this service to interact with the desktop.