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Elbowh2
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Battlefield Anti-cheat refuses to install

Hi there, I have installed Battlefield 2042 through Steam and have not been able to boot the game as the anticheat refuses to load. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the anti-cheat, repairi...
  • Steeve_BF's avatar
    2 days ago

    After trying several solutions for an hour and a half, the problem was finally resolved.
    Here are the steps that were taken :

    Complete restoration of EA Anticheat (With a file from my own PC to force the uninstallation of EAAantiCheat)
    I tried the manual method, but it didn't work, so I did everything using the repair tool.

    EAAntiCheat.GameService.dll
    EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe
    EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe
    ---------------------------------
    - RESULT BEFORE RESTORATION -
    Event log -> Failed retrieving service path

    EAAntiCheat.exe ->
    ResourceExtract failed:1113
    Install failed:701
    -------------------------------
    Forcing activation of the EAAntiCheat service
    (I didn't need to uninstall it because it wouldn't install with the user files)

    sc create EAAntiCheatService binPath= "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe" start= auto

    Testing :

    sc start EAAntiCheatService
    sc query EAAntiCheatService

    After that launch EAAntiCheat.Installer to uninstall completely

    ---------------------------------
    - RESULT AFTER RESTORATION -
    Event log -> No more error

    CertificateUninstall success
    Uninstall success
    -------------------------------

    Fix Windows Update and Service 
    (The user also had a problem with their Windows, which was resolved.)

    - Stopped Windows Update services via CMD

    net stop wuauserv
    net stop cryptSvc
    net stop bits
    net stop msiserver

    - Renamed the update folders via CMD

    ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
    ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

    - Restarted the services via CMD

    fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\
    net start wuauserv
    net start cryptSvc
    net start bits
    net start msiserver

    - Reset the transaction log (FSRM) via CMD

    fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\

    >Restarted the PC
    After PC restarted >

    - Checked and repaired system files via CMD

    sfc /scannow
    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

    - Checked the VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) via CMD

    vssadmin list writers (all should be stable, no errors)

    - Enabled Secure Boot (MSI) 
    Tutorial here-> How enable secure boot

    1.Entered the BIOS/UEFI
    2.Disabled CSM (Compatibility Support Module)
    3.Enabled Secure Boot
    4.Saved changes and restarted

    - Update Nvidia driver to 577.0 -> https://www.nvidia.com/fr-fr/drivers/ 
    Restart computer after installation

    The game is to throw correctly right after

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