Problems with Punkbuster? Solutions here.

[Punkbuster]

I wasn't looking for problems... but you guys are trouble makers!!

Anyway, can Punkbuster somehow affect your ping?

[Qwertfyu2]

Originally Posted by Punkbuster

I wasn't looking for problems... but you guys are trouble makers!!

Anyway, can Punkbuster somehow affect your ping?

It would not suprise me as it is a third party device which could slow down your computer. I do not know for sure it is just my guess.


I believe I may have found my Permanante Fix as follows:


I have had BF2 problems for awhile now and I believe I may have come across a fix for my problem. Firstly however I would like to apologize to sniping coward for taking the time to focus on my problem and doing his best to find a solution to it. I have not checked my mail in months and I would like to apologize to him for never testing his solution.

Just today I was looking to disable the administrator settings on my PR shortcut. Everytime I want to play I have to type in the administrator password and then it will load the game. It was a minor thing that I really didn't care if I could fix it or not but it led me to an even bigger find.

I decided to right click on the Project Reality shorcut and then I clicked on 'Properties.' When I saw that it had a 'Security' tab I realized that this might be my problem with punkbuster. I saw that in the 'Group or user names:' box that 'System,' my account, and administrators were all there. When I clicked on one of them underneath it in the 'Permissions for SYSTEM' menu, everything except for 'Special Permissions' had a checkmark next to it under 'Allow.' I decided then to go to my Punkbuster folder.

In my punkbuster folder there was Punkbuster A and Punkbuster B. I right clicked on Punkbuster A and then clicked on the 'Security' tab. Underneath that just as before for each and every 'Permission' that all but the 'Special Permissions' box had a checkmark under 'Allow.' I then right clicked on Punkbuster B and clicked on the 'Security' tab and saw that under the 'Permission' that all of the checkmark boxes under 'Allow' were blank as well as under 'Deny.' I selected the 'Edit' button and under the the 'Allow' there is a checkbox that is for 'Full Control.' When I clicked that box in all the rest of the checkmark boxes except for 'Special Permissions' was checked in. I continued to do this for all four of the groups in the section that was above this under 'Group or user names.' I pressed 'Apply' and then I then logged into PR and launched myself into a server and lo and behold it worked! I no longer have to go to my desktop and do what I did before to get punkbuster to run! Thank you for reading this long post but in the long run I hope it works for you as it has for me!

Edit: 5/12/11

Alas, my hopes for a brighter gaming future are vanquished once more. I was able to play a few games without any problems however Punbkuster B Heartbeat Error is back to haunt me. I am now going to try sniping coward's solution he sent me via mail. Hope it works!

[killonsight95]

can anyone upload me the dbghelp.dll file from their BF2 folder mine keeps getting me kicked for MD5?

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

Originally Posted by Qwertfyu2

Firstly however I would like to apologize to sniping coward for taking the time to focus on my problem and doing his best to find a solution to it. I have not checked my mail in months and I would like to apologize to him for never testing his solution.

For reference: the mentioned proposed work around: http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-...s-stopped.html

As for another attempt:
I have not tested it myself but I remember that there are tools that save the process priority so you do not have to repeat that every time you start the game. Maybe this tool might help.
Permanently Set Process Priority in Windows Task Manager Using Prio - Tweaking with Vishal

(googled for "windows 7 permanent priority setting")

Originally Posted by killonsight95

can anyone upload me the dbghelp.dll file from their BF2 folder mine keeps getting me kicked for MD5?

for reference: link to dll (that I suppose helped you already)
http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f370...ease-help.html

[[R-MOD]Eddiereyes909]

Updated.

[billysmall44]

When i try to play online i can play for about.. 50 seconds before i get kicked. RESTRICTION: Disallowed Program/Driver (125083) i originally installed it with some mod manager thing. desura. i got this error. so i started completly over and downloaded pr again. same error. i have everything closed out i believe. Could it be steam?

[billysmall44]

nevermind. i fixed it. took me 8 hours. all i had to do was uncheck a little box in steam.

[-CAL ACO-]

NVM sorry check my next post

[-CAL ACO-]

Originally Posted by billysmall44

nevermind. i fixed it. took me 8 hours. all i had to do was uncheck a little box in steam.

i've had the same problem what box do you uncheck?!?!?!

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

He probably disabled Steam overlay for BF2.

Originally Posted by Mantooth

... turn the in game overlay off by going to Steam > Settings > In-Game and unchecking the "Enable Steam Community In-Game" box