punkbuster and windows 7

[aPotHead2]

come on guys...is any body else having issues with windows 7 and punkbuster heartbeats stopping?
this is driving me nuts...ive literally tried everything and no matter what i do the damn thing keeps stoppin heartbeats...it takes me a good hour to play and sometimeds longer....im sure some of you have seen me come and go alot durin games...it sucks.....anybody with any ideas...please...im goin nuckin futs here......

[Eric]

Try this,

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

Click on the yellow here.

If that doesnt work 

Take a look and try this.



Let me know what works, if it doesnt I will look for more.

[Groovechild]

I think what worked for me (on Win7 x64) was right-clicking the link for BF2142 and then clicking the checkbox for 'Run as admin'
It always asks me if I am sure if I want to run this file when I open it, but it does work.

[thekitten]

making sure pb was up to date is what worked for me. There may have been something else w/ the first time, but Eric worked me thru it. He's the expert.

[aPotHead2]

ok eric...did what you said to try...now i put the .bat file on my desktop and tried it out......after 30 seconds i got kicked...same as before.....in order for me to play i have to delete reg keys and any trace of punkbuster in my system...then i have to reinstall everything again.....it usually is a good hour before i can play...ive tried everything....with this .bat file....should i try to run it from somewhere else??
i keeep getting

" punkbuster a and b are configured as interactive whose support is being deprecated"

when i run the .bat file....am i doing it from the wrong place...should i stick it somewhere else and try it ?

[Eric]

The .bat file is something i have never needed to do.

I would make sure PB is installed, see the PB section in the post help below.


http://308os.com/index.php?topic=56.0


I have noticed from cc that U do get kicked a lot for high ping. Make sure U are not using up Ur band width with something running on Ur PC.

If U have an anti-virus on Ur PC remove it, see if that helps.

After u first load the game and press the join button - press the ` key ( next left to the 1 key.)
see what it says.




 

[thekitten]

I don't think you have to remour antivirus, just ensure that it is allowing PB access to the internet. Same thing w/ your windows 7 firewall settings.

[Groovechild]

Try turning off the windows firewall (temporarily as a test), then right-click the desktop icon you have for BF2142, and select Properties. Click the Compatibility tab, and then tick the checkbox under 'Run this program as an administrator'. OK your way out.
After you make the change, double click that icon, you should get a prompt something like 'Are you sure you wish to run this program...blahblahblah'
Click yes and let me know if you have the same issues.

[aPotHead2]

ok...here i thought it worked...played for a good 2 hours and sat idle most of the morning with no issues...when i join it says that punkbuster was started and installed correctly....now i got off the game and let my kid go on for awhile and when i started the game it was good for about 30 minutes...now im back to square one......one more thing....punkbuster b.exe keeps getting deleted out of syswow64 folder and it dissapears from my services tab too......maybe that will help.....

[Eric]

Remove PB.

This is from our PB help.

Do it step by step all of it.

1. Make sure that you either disable your firewall (probably not a good idea) or allow PnkBstrA.exe and PnkBstrB.exe access to do things (McAfee has been known to automatically add these services to the block list).
2. Download pbsvc.exe (http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe), which is a utility to uninstall and reinstall PunkBuster.
3. Open pbsvc.exe and select Un-Install/Remove PunkBuster Service.
4. Open pbsvc.exe again and this time select Install/Re-Install PunkBuster Service.
5. After installing, it will test your services. Make sure you get a "Test completed successfully without error." message. If not, then copy and paste the results of the test here.
6. Now download PBSETUP (http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php), which is a utility to update PunkBuster to the latest version. For Windows:pbsetup.exe (http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloads/windows/pbsetup.exe)
7. Open pbsetup.exe. It will probably have to check for updates, allow it to do that.
8. Click the "Add a Game" button at the top.
9. Select your game (in this case Battlefield 2142) and make sure that the directory is correct.
10. Click the "Check for Updates" button at the top.


Now restart Comp.
Go to Windows Firewall/allow programes through/exceptions and make sure both PBa and PBb are on the list and allowed through.
If not tick the box and restart comp.

[aPotHead2]

ok...i tried it all....even went and reinstalled 2142 all together...was fine all day yesterday and for about an hour this morning.....soon as i tried to switch servers it started the punkbuter heartbeat bull again....now i cant play at all....tried everything this morning....exactly the way you have it here....nothing....says on screen at load tht its installed and started successfully....wtf...im about ready to throw this thing through a window

[Groovechild]

Two things: temporarily disable windows firewall, and temporarily stop your antivirus program.
Do you get the same behavior?

[thekitten]

PB was giving me a hard time this morning. Uninstall/ reinstall of PB fixed it. A pain, but it worked.

[butt]

Two things: temporarily disable windows firewall, and temporarily stop your antivirus program.
Do you get the same behavior?

Has anyone asked him about setting his PC into DMZ mode via the router?



PS.
And why is this in the "members only" section, and not the PC upgrade and repair section?  "If" he finds a solution, it may save the next person w/ pb issues some of the same aggrivation.

[aPotHead2]

yes...i turn off firewall and shut down anti virus program.......i also set my router to dmz mode.....whats strange is i have to uninstall punkbuster...delete reg keys ...and then reinstall eveything all over again then i will get kicked once and then usually if i jump right back on it seems ok...until i switch servers...or if im sittin idle the minute a round starts i get booted.....im goin nuckin futs....lol...it just sucks that i have to screw with this for an hour before i can play......