[FAQ]Updating Punkbuster

ta ..its worth a try!

ive tried everything else including manually updating pb and uninstalling everything , ccleaner , reinstall all 21GB+

welcome to 7am in uk ..my weekend gone trying to get bf3 going pfff! [im an ex IT network engineer -so i know my way round!]

they're acting like councils adding one way streets to control traffic and just causing jams! they need to talk to eachother more or employ more people who are clever enough to actually fix the problems befor ethey come out into the general gaming public.

testers ho!

When i want to join a server in battlefield play4free, it says "Leaving game, Kicked by PUNKBUSTER" why does that happen, and what is Punkbuster anyway?

BTW i know that i chose battlefield 3, but playforfree wasent there

Option NO 1 worked great for me but I did not need to restart my computer. 
But I did also follow the guidlines given at this website before i found this helpful tip!
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=dl-bf3.php

This is so FU.........G irretaiting

i try to do this but when i try ti reinstall it then an error occur it says:

Failed to copy the file `C:\Program Files (x86)\origin games\battlefield3\pbsvc.exe` to `C:\Windows\system32\pbsvc.exe`

(error 5: access is denied.)

Are you **bleep**in kidding me? you want me to do that to get a game working that should work anyway ? you guys are **bleep**ed seriously.

THANK YOU really useful and quick thx very much man

This didn't work.

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'Fred_vdp' (for 0 minutes) ... This PB Server Requires (A1386 C2.331) - Error loading pbcl

I guess a reinstall would add the file that it wasn't able to load. Maybe those who say it didn't work should add the exact error message. I will confirm whether this fix worked for me later today. (Unless I forget of course.)

Update: I can confirm that the issue has been fixed.

Checking OS 
Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64-bit 
Checking PnkBstrA service status RUNNING 
Checking PnkBstrA Version OK (1036) 
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to: 
"C:\Users\Datnguyen\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe" 
OK 
Checking firewall settings OFF 
Is PnkBstrA explicitly allowed? 
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe NO 
Is PnkBstrB explicitly allowed? 
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe NO 
Checking if PnkBstrB is running RUNNING 
Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED 
Getting port for PnkBstrA OK (44301) 
Opening socket for packet send OK 
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT 
Receiving version from PnkBstrA OK 
Received 6 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301 
Response = 11171 (ms) Version = v1036 
Getting PnkBstrB install instance OK 
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA SENT 
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA OK 
Received 3 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301 
Response = 20750 (ms) PnkBstrB started. 
Load SUCCESSFUL. 
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (7) CHANGED (8) 
Getting port for PnkBstrB OK (45301) 
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT 
Receiving version from PnkBstrB OK 
Received 5 bytes from 127.0.0.1:45301 
Response = 3031 (ms) Version = 2202 
Checking PnkBstrK driver status NOT FOUND 
Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED 
Removing test PnkBstrB file OK 

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Tests finished. 

i tried all your ways and still have that problem...but anyway thanks.i hope that you can fix it because i bought the bf4 already and i am confused cause i dont know will i get the same problem.i bought the bf3  2 months already but i just can played 80 hours.

i tested everything in this execpt antivirus because i use microsoft essastiail or what it called but im still getting kick i play a half game or less then i getting kick and im getting a error after reintsall punkbuster it says

cant open file c/windows/system32/logfiles/punkbuster//pnkbstrb.log

and when i open service i dont have punkbuster b only a