[FAQ]Updating Punkbuster

don't forget to run them as admin and reboot your computer after updating.

alot of machines require a reboot after PB updates 😉

Updating Punkbuster did not help. The error message I receive say.

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'hartigas' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Disallowed Program/Driver [119005]

I cant play the game. Please help. 

Thank you. 

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'hartigas' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Disallowed Program/Driver [119005]

I found the issue with this problem. I had downloaded Windows Borderless Games app and by disabling it, it stop the kick.

PunkBuster Support said it could be one of these programs even though it wasn't my case but here is the list they send me...

"This kick is usually caused by one of the following programs running. Disabling them should stop the kick. 

Auto Hot Key 
Blockify 
Unblock-us 
Memory Cleaner 
Ad Munch 
Black Glass Enhanced 

If you do not have any of these programs running, open this ticket back up and state what you do have running, especially anything that might be similar to the above."

Hope this helps. 😕mileyvery-happy:

Why all those steps? Only thing you have to do is to download pbsetup and run it as admin, then add BF3 in the list and search for updates? That works for me..

It's a shame when installing NFSWorld , the license agreement states the game has PunkBuster anti-cheat but play a few races and you'll see the hackers in game. There is no anti-cheat in game , reporting hackers more than 500 times by hundreds of players and it takes more than a year for that player to get banned. Stil cheating his way. Battlefield 3 has PunkBuster but NFSWorld doesn't,

This is a different issue. I did the setup steps that you mention and the problem still persist. Even PunkBuster support understood that its a program I had that its causing the kick. But finding the program its the issue. 

24 sept 2012 .My BF3 worked  perfectly for last 4 days after BF3 update 20 sept. Updated BF3 like i have done twice before with offical 3.4 updater from punkbuster. NORMAL procedure for allmost ALL games when updating Punkbuster.  Punkbusters update has Broken BF3!! All attempts to correct including reinstalling punkbuster have failed. BF3 when repaired Claims NOTHING IS WRONG.  when BF3 is lanched a pop up box from windows states Bf3 has stopped working.   I'm No laywer but it seem punkbuster does no testing whatsoever. They take an eternity between updates & they are ineffective anyway after about a week it seems.   SO DICE   EA  whoever,  fix this vandalism caused by faulty crappy punkbuster coding.   also  why you are at it,  been 2 months now & STILL no servers on my browser,  still only 4 then broken lines!  REAL UNPROFFESSIONAL. I AM NOT ALONE HERE!   read postings  us customers are furious at OBVIOUS denial of service.   effectivly  this  is  what  your  company  is  doing.   time to find an alternative to the now becomming extremely discredeted punkbuster company..   sorry to say this but this is vandalism by punkbuster.  that update from them 24 sept is NOT fully compatable with windows 7   FIX THIS PLZ.   BF3 is my fav. game.   plz dont keep me waiting  

The latest version of Punkbuster appears to be broken. If you have updated to the most recent Punkbuster version and have been crashing on launch since then, you will want to downgrade the files in your PB folder.

That is, you'll want to replace the contents of the Battlefield 3\PB folder with the ones available in these archives.

PB files version (v2.292 l A1386) 
http://www.4shared.com/get/Vyif5uiX/pb_online.html [4shared.com] 
http://www.2shared.com/file/ODxVqIOJ/pb_online.html [2shared.com] 

You don't need to uninstall/reinstall Punkbuster if you're sure you already have it running and updated.

Punkbuster has released an update that should help. Further information is available here: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf3.php

It says:

We are aware that some players are experiencing crashes in BF3 after Monday's PB Server update was released. These are players that used PBSETUP to manually update their PunkBuster for BF3. 

***** To eliminate the crashing, these players should find and delete any pbsv.dll files located on their hard drive associated with BF3 (use the Windows search feature). Do not run PBSETUP again after the deletes or it will recreate the problem. ****** 

The crash prevents our auto-update and the file deletes are necessary to resume normal operation. 

However, as they have now released an update, you should be able to manually check for an update via the pbsetup file and it should take care of the problem.

i can add some more:

Restart your PC ALL time....run as administrator
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Close all program also Origin
1.
press Control-Alt-Delete (Open Windows Task Manager) go to services and look for PnkBstrB and PnkBstrA
if they run Right click on them and stop them. (If the run it is not sure that they will be un-install/remove)
2.
Download pbsvc.exe ((run as administrator))
http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe [evenbalance.com] And Download
3.
and un-install/remove punkbuster service
4.
Restart your PC
5.
install/re-install punkbuster service and run test service
6.
Restart your PC
7.
Download Updating PunkBuster with PBSetup. read how to do. seen on the side
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php [evenbalance.com] ((run as administrator))

(You must probably update multiple times)

8.
Restart your PC

pbsvc.exe
32.Bit C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\pbsvc.exe
64.Bit C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\pbsvc.exe
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NO.2

login as an Administrator user,
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

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NO.3

Virusprograms
Some of these will block PnkBstrA.exe, PnkBstrB.exe, + Battlefield 3 + Origen
go to settings in virusprograms - , and go to allow/exclusion list and add them there
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PunkBuster add from
32 bit add from C:\Windows\System32
64 bit, you need to browse to C:\windows\syswow64
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Battlefield 3
add from
32bit: C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\bf3.exe
64bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\bf3.exe
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Origen add from
32 bit C:\Program Files\Origin\origen.exe (program)
64 bit C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\origen.exe (program)

Restart your PC



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No.4

Firewalls PC

Open control panel
systems and security
windows firewall
allow a program trough windows firewall
add
origon.
Battlefield 3.
PnkBstrA.
PnkBstrB.

If it is not in the list
klick allow another program and add them
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PunkBuster add from
32 bit add from C:\Windows\System32
64 bit, you need to browse to C:\windows\syswow64
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Battlefield 3
add from
32bit: C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\bf3.exe
64bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\bf3.exe
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Origen add from
32 bit C:\Program Files\Origin\origen.exe (program)
64 bit C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\origen.exe (program)

Restart your PC

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NO. 5..router/ modem

Disable UPnP on the router and pc ? + SSDP
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654347923153950/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]

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No.6

It is very important to open ports

Have you tried enabling these ports http://help.ea.com/article/online-ports-for-battlefield-3 [help.ea.com] ?

look in your router/modem manual how to do Port Forwarding
or call your ISP (to see if they are open)
or with PFConfig it is very easily. download select modem/router and games. and it does it for you
http://www.portforward.com [portforward.com]

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NO. 7
if you still have problems

Test PunkBuster for error ?
C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\pbsvc try run test
press copy
paste text here