Problem

[FuzzySquirrel =US=]

Ok pr boots up fine i go to play a online game NOTE* No maps are red
and i select a server and 1. it take 15min to load and 2. it either PB kicks me or it CTDS what do i do

[musp3r]

Ugh....post some system specs, hardware OS and such...did you play it recently (I saw your LB flying vid so I suppose you did)?
Have you installed more than one antivirus/malware/firewall recently? Maybe try to restore system to an previous restore point?
Report back.

[[R-DEV]AfterDune]

Run in windowed mode, perhaps you get an error message when you CTD?

[FuzzySquirrel =US=]

Specs:
Grapics Card: Nivida 6100 256mb
Ram: 2GB
OS: Windows vista home basic with sp1
HDD: 160GB sata
Other Questions
No error message after ctd
Yes i have been playing local
Only AV software Mcafee
Note it only crashes in Public Games

[thepalerider]

Your playing locally?
Do you have single player and multiplayer installed?
Have you installed the full 1.41 patch?
PR shortcut set for "run as admin" and XP compatibility?
What was the pb kick message?
How fast is your CPU/Brand?# of cores?
Try running battlefield cleaner to flush out your cache files.

Your taking a long time to load maps.
How much free space do you have on your hard drive.
Do you have your "virtual" rams min and max set the same.(As you should have "virtual" ram = 1.5 real ram)?
When is the last time you defraged the drive?
Is you firewall set to allow PR and punk buster?
What is your network setup and internet speed?
Please review this guide it's very helpful.

Good luck

[FuzzySquirrel =US=]

Originally Posted by thepalerider

Your playing locally?
Do you have single player and multiplayer installed?
Have you installed the full 1.41 patch?
PR shortcut set for "run as admin" and XP compatibility?
What was the pb kick message?
How fast is your CPU/Brand?# of cores?
Try running battlefield cleaner to flush out your cache files.

Your taking a long time to load maps.
How much free space do you have on your hard drive.
Do you have your "virtual" rams min and max set the same.(As you should have "virtual" ram = 1.5 real ram)?
When is the last time you defraged the drive?
Is you firewall set to allow PR and punk buster?
What is your network setup and internet speed?
Please review this guide it's very helpful.

Good luck

WOW ill try to answer your questions
CPU: amd sempron 2.33 ghz
Message PB handshaking Failed
Firewall ill check
Never defragmented
dont know crap but vitruial ram

[NYgurkha]

are you using the PR icon that was put on your desktop during the installation to start up the game?

[FuzzySquirrel =US=]

Originally Posted by NYgurkha

are you using the PR icon that was put on your desktop during the installation to start up the game?

Sometimes also i have the same problem with vBF2

[NYgurkha]

With PR, always use the PR icon, since .75 you always have to load with your PR icon if you want to play. Thats the only problem i can think of so far.

[thepalerider]

"PB handshaking Failed" is firewall blocking PnkBstrB.exe

Read what Punk buster wrote on their own web page under:
"Since the new components have been installed, I now get kicked from PunkBuster servers for "handshaking failed" or "Losing Key Packets", how can I fix that?'


Read some treads below in PRs Help and Hardware Issues forum like the one called "Handshake failed - Punk Buster" for some ideas

Get pbsvc
Open your firewall to allow
bf2.exe
PnkBstrA.exe
PnkBstrB.exe

Good luck