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Anonymous
13 years ago
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BF3

Can't play the game???

what .....>>>  PunkBuster kicked player 'heicafe' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe  <<<

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Punkbuster has 2 services running in the background in order to check your PC for hacks or 3rd party programs influencing the game.

    They are called:

    PnkbstraA

    In order to enable both do:

    1. Press Windows button and R at the same time

    2. enter "Services.msc"

    3. Locate PnkBstraA on the list

    4. Mark both and select "Start the service" on the left side.

    4B. If already running restart it.

    This should resolve your issue.



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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Punkbuster has 2 services running in the background in order to check your PC for hacks or 3rd party programs influencing the game.

    They are called:

    PnkbstraA

    In order to enable both do:

    1. Press Windows button and R at the same time

    2. enter "Services.msc"

    3. Locate PnkBstraA on the list

    4. Mark both and select "Start the service" on the left side.

    4B. If already running restart it.

    This should resolve your issue.



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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    thx!!!😕mileyvery-happy:

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Hi,

    this did not help me.

    When looking into the services.msc - these services are not in the list.

    I have located the two files and run them as admin, but without success.

    I have updated PB using PBSETUP.exe

    Please help ☹️

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago
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    I do not have that in my list. don't know what to do now.