PR crash on startup

[Justomang]

Originally Posted by TEF[NL]

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Come'n Dont Say you can earn 100$,
If someone knows the problem he can tells it

I got a another Tip for ya,

Try to reinstall it.Maybe its a lot of work but you can try it

I re-installed it already. That fixed the first problem of me not even being able to start the game up.

Then i ran into the pnkbstrb.exe kick, and the crash to desktop.

I bet people know how to fix it, they just don't have the motivation to tell me, and I want to play badly.

[thepalerider]

W7 users should run BF2 and PR as 'Admin' but I don't think you need to use the 'Compatibility to XP' tab.

Punk Buster not updated:
Before you go online to join a server
you should:
1. Download pbsvc

2. Start pbsvc installer, you should see options for install, uninstall, test.
3. Run the Uninstaller, then delete the PB folder to remove any leftover files.
4. Restart your computer.
5. reinstall punk buster files with pbsvc( if your using Vista DO NOT set compatibility to XP, run as admin ok)
6. After pcsvc installs, click the "test" option to check the punk buster install you just did.
5. Make sure it comes back "all green"
6.Download pbsetup
(pbsvc DOES NOT install pbsetup.
If your using Vista DO NOT set compatibility to XP, run as admin ok)
7.Create a pbsvc installer shortcut AND pbsetup program shortcut on your desktop.
8.Run pbsetup (from the shortcut on your desktop) add BF2 to the games list, then hit update."

(pbsvc installs the punk buster 'engines' or applications.
PBsetup installs the files/gas the 'engines run)

Check Punkbuster B is set to auto re-start.

Originally Posted by =HOG=Romeo_One_Three

Open your Control Panel. Go to Administrative Services. Click

on Services while PR is running. Select Punkbuster B, right click, select properties, select the

recovery tab and make sure they all say "Restart the service" for all three dropdowns. You can do

the same for PB A, but generally speaking, it's the B client that stops responding. Any time you

update PB, you may need to re-do this step.

Firewall not set up (open) for BF2 and punk buster
UPDATE YOUR FIREWALL

Make sure your firewall has permission for:

BF2.EXE
PBSETUP.EXE
(search for your location)

PNKBSTRA.EXE
path:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSWOW64\PNKBSTRA.EXE
or (not 100% sure but for 32 bit O/S I think it's)C:\WINDOWS\SYSWOW32\PNKBSTRA.EXE
PnkBstrB.exe
path:
"C:\Users\"your user name here"\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe"
Don't forget to open for BF2VoipServer as well:
C/Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield 2/BF2VoipServer.exe

Hope it helps

[Justomang]

Just did all this, and it did not fix the crash on startup.


I'll keep loading and hope it does eventually start up and let me play, and see if that fixes the pnkbstrb.exe


update soon

[Justomang]

Got in, and after a few secounds I get kicked for


... RESTRICTION service communication failure > pnkbstrb.exe heartbeats stopped.




I think its an error with my isp or something I cant control? any ideas?

[thepalerider]

Your PnkBstrB.exe is ether crashing and failing to restart
( Check Punkbuster B is set to auto re-start )
or it is getting blocked by firewall or anti-virus programs.

Next time you get the heartbeats stopped kick tab out of PR.
Go to Services and select Punkbuster B, right click, select properties, select the recovery tab and make sure they all say "Restart the service" for all three drop-downs.
Hit 'Apply' then 'OK' to close pop up window.
Now right click on 'PnkBstrB.exe' and choose 'restart' from the list.
You should be good for the rest of the night at least.

I know it sounds like a pain ( it is) but it works for me and like I said
do it once and your good for the rest of the night.

Hope it helps

[Justomang]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]thepalerider

Your PnkBstrB.exe is ether crashing and failing to restart
( Check Punkbuster B is set to auto re-start )
or it is getting blocked by firewall or anti-virus programs.

Next time you get the heartbeats stopped kick tab out of PR.
Go to Services and select Punkbuster B, right click, select properties, select the recovery tab and make sure they all say "Restart the service" for all three drop-downs.
Hit 'Apply' then 'OK' to close pop up window.
Now right click on 'PnkBstrB.exe' and choose 'restart' from the list.
You should be good for the rest of the night at least.

I know it sounds like a pain ( it is) but it works for me and like I said
do it once and your good for the rest of the night.

Hope it helps

pnkbstrb.exe and a are all set to high priority, and restart on all failures.

I'll do what you said exactly however and update.

[Justomang]

Ok, so I went into a server and waited till I got kicked.

I got kicked and followed your instructions while having the game tabbed.

I changed all the values and hit apply. Then went to load another server.


Upon load, I crashed to my desktop. I then went to check if my services had restarted pnkbstrb.exe and it said this


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Very odd, seing as 1 minute before I sucsessfully opened pnkbstrb.exe and changed the values. Now it says it does not exist.

[Justomang]

Wow. This is unbelivable.


After posting that ^

I loaded up PR, went into a server. Got kicked for pnkbstrb.exe


So I minimize, go to services and open un pnkbstrb.exe This time it works, I am able to get into the options for pnkbstrb.exe. I select recovery tab, and none of my options saved. It still says 'Take no Action' on all tabs.


If I select 'Restart the service" and hit apply, it saves. But it resets after I load bf2

[thepalerider]

Same happens to me, but it's once in a while not all the time.
You won't see pnkbstrb.exe in services if it isn't running. Like I said do the fix after you get the kick or after you start PR but before you join a server. Set all to restart then restart pnkbstrb.exe and you should be good to go.
Good luck