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Anonymous
12 years ago

pnkbstrtb.exe disappearing from services.msc

So, like most people, I am getting the pnkbstrb.exe initialization failed error that keeps kicking me from the server after playing for less than five minutes rendering the game completely unplayable ( I can't get through a SINGLE F@#$ING MAP) and have tried SOOOO MANY SOLUTIONS. However I think I have finally found my problem. I was unable to locate pnkbstrb.exe in my Services.msc. So I contact support asking what to do and was directed to this ( http://help.ea.com/en/article/punkbuster-technical-issues/ ) for the 400th time because all support does is provide you links and no actual responses to the problem you provide them ( its like a trained monkey). However, after doing this again in hopes it would work, I got pnkbstrb.exe to show up in my services.msc! So I started both B and A and tried to play a game only to have it STILL CRASH. However, for the first time I actually checked my services.msc after it crashed and discovered that pnkbstrb.exe had disappeared! I don't know what the hell made it disappear and I'm pretty sure this must be my issue. Can anyone tell me how to keep this thing from disappearing? I feel this will be the solution and I can finally play battlefield 4 after owning for over a month and not being able to play a single game. 

TL;DR my PnkBstrb.exe is disappearing from my services.msc and dropping me from games after less than 5 minutes of game play. What do I do?????

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  • OttoVP's avatar
    OttoVP
    6 years ago

    @Undeadbringerjust check

    PunkBuster Service Installer (pbsvc)

    PunkBuster on the Windows™ operating system requires two running services. (PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB) Normally these are installed when the game is installed. If you'd like to manually install PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB, please download our PunkBuster service installer.
    http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads.php

    hint: run this file as "an administrator" or with an user with admin rights.

    clue: check with compmgmt.msc (run in console) on users if your user is an admin or reenable administrator account (right click enable account and set a password) and try installing on administrator profile

    let me know if this solved your issue 🙂
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    6 years ago

    This post is originally from 2014. I will be locking this post down though to avoid further necroposting. If you still need help with this please locate a more recent post on PunkBuster on these forums.

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