Easy Anti Cheat Aint Being So Easy Why

Thanks @AntiCheatWard .  I am up to date as far as Windows Update goes.  I'm using Win 11 Home, 23H2. 

I just ran BF2042 a few minutes ago, per your request.  The ExpressVPN services were running in the background.  The game was loading into a match, and as soon as the loading finished, the sound distorted, I got a blank screen, and the machine rebooted.

UPDATE

@AntiCheatWard  I stopped my ExpressVPN services and ensured all background apps were stopped.  Next I started up BF2042 again and now the game is quitting on me before it even gets to the menu with this error in the Windows App Event Log:

The description for Event ID 1 from source Application cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

EAAntiCheatService
Failed signature validation for installer. (C:\Program Files\EA\AC/EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe)

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

_________________________________________________

It has done that twice in a row.  Did the earlier machine crash corrupt my installation?

Thanks @AntiCheatWard .  I followed these steps, and the reinstall of the AC software was successful.  After starting the game (with all ExpressVPN background apps closed and stopped), I was able to get into the game menu.  However, as soon as I selected a mode to play, the game crashed to desktop.  The App Event Log shows the following 4 errors related to the AC software at this time:

1) Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

2) (5s later):  Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

3) (1s later):  Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.

4) (15s later): 

The description for Event ID 1 from source Application cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

EAAntiCheatService
StartServiceCtrlDispatcher failed with error: 1063

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

So at the moment, I cannot play the game at all, even with all ExpressVPN apps closed/stopped.

Thanks for the help. 🙂

@AntiCheatWardHas the anti cheat software been fixed yet?  Last I reported, I was getting manifest errors with the AC launching in the background, which prevented the game from starting.  I tried playing the game again a few days ago and that error seemed to have been fixed.  However, the game was performing like garbage because the AC detected something on my machine it didn't like (probably my ExpressVPN software, which I didn't close for this test).  I closed the game before the AC blue-screened my computer.

It would sure be nice if AC played nice.

I have updated Win11 to 24h2 on Saturday, since then i've experienced the same issue decribed on this thread and still haven't got any valid solution.

Before Win update i got the latest anti cheat package on EA app for BF1 (somewhere in middle of October) and previously in BF5.

They both works fine.....BF2042 not.

I know this post is old, but for anyone else experiencing weird behavior like this, for me the fix was to replace my CPU.  I had an Intel i7-13700KF CPU that was damaged by the Intel microcode error that was revealed in 2024.  RMAing and replacing the CPU completely fixed my BF2042 problem (and some other random software problems also caused by the damaged CPU).