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kendomaster
22 days ago
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BF2042 AntiCheat process blocking program download from EA App

After the recent updates to Windows 11 - Battlefield 2042 was stuck on the Anti Cheat screen for literally 40 minutes - I checked the forums and also repaired the In-Game. Still after a restart the ...
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  • Rokebo73's avatar
    Rokebo73
    22 days ago
    @kendomaster Reboot router/modem (or just disconnect powerline for about 1 minute).

    Press Windows key + 'R' ,typ CMD, Press and hold down CTRL + SHIFT and press ENTER.
    When User Account Control shows up, click Yes.

    copy and paste the following commands by pressing enter at the end of each command line:

    netsh winsock reset
    netsh int ip reset
    netsh advfirewall reset
    netsh winhttp reset proxy
    ipconfig /release
    ipconfig /flushdns

    This will reset also firewall settings (when ya start an app that needs network, a firewall windows will popup (after some seconds) and ya need to grant acces again).
    Bf2042 and EA AC will need firewall acces, make sure ya start game platform as an administrator.

    If your network got some specific network settings , those will also be reset (undone)/

    Keep us uptodate !

    Cheers
Rokebo73's avatar
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
22 days ago
@kendomaster Reboot router/modem (or just disconnect powerline for about 1 minute).

Press Windows key + 'R' ,typ CMD, Press and hold down CTRL + SHIFT and press ENTER.
When User Account Control shows up, click Yes.

copy and paste the following commands by pressing enter at the end of each command line:

netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset
netsh advfirewall reset
netsh winhttp reset proxy
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns

This will reset also firewall settings (when ya start an app that needs network, a firewall windows will popup (after some seconds) and ya need to grant acces again).
Bf2042 and EA AC will need firewall acces, make sure ya start game platform as an administrator.

If your network got some specific network settings , those will also be reset (undone)/

Keep us uptodate !

Cheers
  • kendomaster's avatar
    kendomaster
    21 days ago

    @Rokebo73 

    What a star ! not only did it fix the download issue but also sped up the download time, I thought it was enough to disable defender just to isolate the issue but it seems the flushing and UAC did the trick !

    Kudos to your Sir !

  • kendomaster's avatar
    kendomaster
    21 days ago

    @Rokebo73 crap spoke to soon.

    Tried starting the game and it runs like a dog with the Anti Cheat screen first - if I check the program manager there are 11 processes running (2 anti cheat) 

    Just looking at the main anti cheat splash screen watching the progress bar periodically move.

    • Rokebo73's avatar
      Rokebo73
      Seasoned Ace
      21 days ago

      @kendomaster  did reboot router/modem ?
      Post dxdiag please !
      What country are ya in ?

      cheers

      ps Only EA AC is an issue ?

      • kendomaster's avatar
        kendomaster
        21 days ago

        @Rokebo73 

        dxduag is not the issue for sure , I ran it on all my new games in the past and gave NVIDIA  GeForce 3080Ti  top spec card.

        I checked PC logs as it is only the EA App with this issue.

        the strange thing is that your solution  solved the download speed on the EA App download and install and drastically improved the download of 2042. It would seem that the EA Anti Cheat program is causing this as normally it runs within seconds and starts up the intro to the game. Instarted the game up with Admin priv - no effect, shutdown the Firewall completely still no effect. Tested with Steam and getting 329 Mb/s download and all games run quick. 
        Stopped all gaming processes and just left EA Anti Cheat Splash screen running , no update in 20 minutes. I will research further. 
        But anymore great ideas would be good to hear !

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