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gentleblyat
12 years ago
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PnkBsterB.exe initialization failed: NEED A FIX! HELP ME QUICKLY!

So, I had played a game of BF4 2 hours before I wanted to play another one. I had no issues 2 hours ago...but now when I want to play BF4 again, it gives me this error: 

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

 

I've tried going onto:

 

http://help.ea.com/en/article/battlefield-4-punkbuster-troubleshooting/

 

I did both steps but nothing helped.

 

If anyone can please help me asap, thanks. 🙂

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    First, do this steps: http://help.ea.com/en/article/battlefield-4-punkbuster-troubleshooting/ .

    Also, try this additional steps, if the above does not work:

    1. Open windows firewall
    2. Click advanced settings( on 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. Then 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.

    Also, try to disable your firewall if it does not work.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    First, do this steps: http://help.ea.com/en/article/battlefield-4-punkbuster-troubleshooting/ .

    Also, try this additional steps, if the above does not work:

    1. Open windows firewall
    2. Click advanced settings( on 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. Then 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.

    Also, try to disable your firewall if it does not work.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Please read the whole steps.

  • gentleblyat's avatar
    gentleblyat
    12 years ago

    I did, you just said install it and then at the last step said check for updates. How do I update?!

    I'm a noob to all this, soz. ☹️

  • gentleblyat's avatar
    gentleblyat
    12 years ago

    Alright, so...I just every single step there and it said that it's up to date. 

    I just launched a game...but the same error came up again.

    I don't know what to do with the pbsvc link so I've just left it for now.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hmm, very strange. Did you do the above steps exactly as I said. Be sure to do them all (not just to make sure it is updated).

  • gentleblyat's avatar
    gentleblyat
    12 years ago

    I did every single one just as you said. 🙂

    Just a side note: I'm so thankful that you can help me. 🙂

    EDIT: I saw that I didn't do the step for which I must delete pb.

    EDIT 2: It didn't work. ☹️

  • ThatSpookGuy's avatar
    ThatSpookGuy
    Newcomer
    12 years ago

    Full error:

    ERROR

    Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'ThatSpookGuy' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe initialization failed
     
    What happens is I'll be playing a regular game, and all of a sudden I get booted to a black loading screen (with the small animation thing playing at the top right) and the game eventually closes. I've searched far and wide for a solution and so far nothing has worked.
    I've tried:
    • Re-installing BF4
    • Re-intalling PunkBuster
    • Running Punkbuster as admin
    • Setting the PnkBstrA.exe service to "Automatic"
    • Restarting my computer (multiple times...)
    • Letting all PunkBuster related .exes through my anti-virus (Kaspersky Internet Security 2014)
    • Disabling my firewall
    • Disabling my anti-virus completely
    • Placing the two .htm files into the \pb folder under BF4 game install directory 
    • Selecting the "Repair Game" option in Origin
    • Lots more that I'm forgetting

    If anyone has any help I'd really appreciate it, thanks.

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