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Anonymous
10 years ago

Kicked - Punkbuster Communication Failure

Hi everyone,

I need help with Punkbuster:

Everytime I join a server, I get kicked for the following reason;

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'Saxon_RH' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe initialization failed

Ive tried reinstalling punkbuster, adding bf4 to punkbuster and updating, and running punkbuster to try and repair itself, nothing has worked and everytime I join the server I play for about 30 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds and then I get kicked.

I would love for someone to give me a quick fix for this as ive just bought the game and im not even able to play it,

Thanks,

Saxon

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi Tapoutony420,

    Thanks for the advice, I tried that and im still getting kicked for the same reason, its getting quite annoying now, is there any other fix that i could try?

    Saxon

  • swespot's avatar
    swespot
    10 years ago

    Hello! @Saxon_RH

    Are you sure that you've followed the following steps correctly, without skipping any of the steps?

    1. Open Windows Firewall
    2. Click on Advanced Settings (to the left) and then Inbound (also left)
    3. Find PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe (if you have two of both, its fine)
    4. Right click on each of them>Properties>Programs and Services
    5. Make sure that "All programs that meet the specifications" is checked
    6. Go to the "Advanced" tab and check all 3 boxes. Domain, Private and Public.
    7. Remember to do this for all PnkBstr Files. Then save and quit.
    8. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4 and delete "Pb" folder.
    9. Go to these 2 links:
    http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloader/download.php?file=1
    http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe
    10. Download and Install both
    11. Run Pbsetup.exe (the first link)
    12. Add a game (eg. BF4)
    13. Check for updates.

    If you have followed the steps correctly and if you're still getting this error message (The steps above have been the No.1 solution for most of the people who have encountered this problem), here are a few other possible fixes:

    Try doing a Clean Boot: https://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/

    Repair the game through Origin: While in Origin, Right click on BF4 and select Repair Game.

    Close any 3rd Party Software running in the background: For an example TeamViewer etc. If you have Steam running in the background, close it.

    Best of luck!

    Best regards

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