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LiBever
13 years ago

Re: You were disconnected from EA Online (1)

hey try check your router also update your pb:

General information about Punkbuster

Punkbuster is an anti-cheat tool developed by evenbalance, a company that was founded to fight Cheaters in videogames. Punkbuster is used by a lot of different games, such as Battlefield and Need for Speed.

Updating Punkbuster

1. Navigate to your Battlefield Folder(for example: C:\Origin Games\Battlefield3)

2. Start the "pbsvc.exe"as administrator

If the "pbsvc.exe" doesn't exist, download it here: http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe

3. Start "Un-Install/Remove Punkbuster Service"

4. Delete all files inside "C:\Origin Games\Battlefield3\pb"(Not the folder itself, though!)

5. Download Punkbuster from http://evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

6. Save the Setup in any folder on your computer

7. Start the Setup as administrator

8. Click "Add Game"

9. Choose "Battlefield 3" as game and make sure that the game path is your Battlefield 3 folder.

10. Click "Check for Updates"

If an update is available for Battlefield 3 PB, Punkbuster will start downloading it now.

11. Repeat step 1 and 2

12. Start "Install/Re-Install Punkbuster Service"

Punkbuster should be up-to-date right now and a restart is recommended.

That should be it, I hope I could help you out.

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  • BLSCobra's avatar
    BLSCobra
    13 years ago

    I think it failed:

    Checking user is Administrator OK
    Checking Administrator privileges OK
    Opening Service Control Manager OK
    Searching for PnkBstrA Found - OK
    Extracting PnkBstrA service OK
    Verifying service authenticity OK
    Installing PunkBuster service OK
    Installed at "C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe"
    serviceInstallFile does exist
    Checking PunkBuster service status STOPPED
    Starting PunkBuster service OK
    Adding firewall rule for PnkBstrA OK
    Adding firewall rule for PnkBstrB OK
    Installation Finished.

    Please click "Next" to test the PunkBuster services.

    NEXT :

    Starting PunkBuster Service Tests (v0.991) (10/25/12 20:55:39)
    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\Miky\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 NOT RUNNING
    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 = 10156 (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 = 14212 (ms) PnkBstrB started.
    Load SUCCESSFUL.
    Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (40) CHANGED (41)
    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 = 0 (ms) Version = 2202
    Checking PnkBstrK driver status NOT FOUND
    Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED
    Removing test PnkBstrB file OK

    ----------------------------------
    Tests finished.

  • LiBever's avatar
    LiBever
    13 years ago

    If you have been receiving the "You have been kicked by the Administator" message while playing Battlefield 3 you may need to manually update your Punkbuster installation.
    First, download PBSetup from here: http://battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com/public/pbsetup.exe [battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com]
    When you start PBSetup, you will be presented with EvenBalance's license agreement. Accept the agreement to proceed.
    The utility will then download information about the latest PunkBuster version for BF3. Once this is complete, you are presented with a list of the PunkBuster-enabled games that are present on your systems.

    If Battlefield 3 is not in that list, you can add it:
    - Click on "Add a Game"
    - In the topmost dropdown box, choose "Battlefield 3"
    - Click on "Add Game"
    - You should now have Battlefield 3 in the list of PunkBuster-enabled games.

    Finally update the PunkBuster DLLs. Click on Battlefield 3, and choose "Check for Updates". PBsetup will check if the DLLs are up-to-date; if not, the latest DLLs will be downloaded and installed. .
    At this point PunkBuster is fully up to date and configured for Battlefield 3.

    try run pb as admin

    1. open Windows Explorer and browse to c:\windows\system32
    64 bit, you need to browse to c:\windows\syswow64
    2. scroll down and find PnkBstrA.exe - PnkBstrB.exe,
    3. right-click PnkBstrA.exe - PnkBstrB.exe and choose Properties.
    4. click the Compatiblity tab.
    5. click the button "Change settings for all users".
    6. click the checkbox for "Run this program as an administrator".
    7. click the "Ok".
    8. Restart your PC

  • BLSCobra's avatar
    BLSCobra
    13 years ago

    Can you please provide me with a link that works and does not give me a 404 error ...

    Secondly why did you removed my reply ????

    Thirdly I didn't receive any ingame message ....

  • BLSCobra's avatar
    BLSCobra
    13 years ago

    I have updated PB manually 3 times and there where no more updates and still I get kicked ...

    might is not be that EA can not coap the traffic .... then again if so you will never admit that ...

  • aussi-lightning's avatar
    aussi-lightning
    12 years ago

    I tried most suggestions this worked for me temporarily

    "Program Files (x86)"

    "origin"

    "origin EXE" right click - properties "run as administrator"

    "Program Files (x86)"

    "origin" ( might be different name)

    "Battlefield EXE" right click - properties "run as administrator"

     still looking for permanent solution

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