battlefield 2142, punk buster help

hi,
can some one please help me,every time i join a game sever it kicks me out saying punk buster ive downloaded all the patches 1.25 i don't know whats wrong,i have windows vista that might be the problem,thanks.

 

look in your game folder for punkbuster a and punkbuster b , Make sure your firewall allows them to connect to the internet. Also you could download pbsetup.exe from the punkbuster site and run it to update punkbuster + Your game now instead of when playing it.

 

hey thanks for that but it hasent worked i look in the folders and cant find punkbuster and ive downloaded the pbsetup.exe and hasent worked EA support don't give a shit so plzzzz any other way.thanks

 

punkbuster all updated but cant find punkbuster a and b. I looked in the PB folder in the games folder. nothing of that sort. Where are the files?

 

i go into the folders and itshows,HttpCache,LogoCache,Mods,Profiles,icontent.cache.

thats all the folders in there if some one can help ill be gratefully.

maybe i have to re install it ill do that and see if it install pb.

 

found the files. c:\windows\system32. pnkbstra.exe and pnkpstrb.exe are there. now for some reason only the pnkbstra is running in my processes. dont know why b isnt. I am still researching this. will let you know what I find.

-Del

 

ok i found pb folder but its not in the bf folder for some reason.

 

I'm having the exact same problem man. Did you find out how to fix it????

 

I found that pnkbustrb runs when the game is running. I do know you have to exclude the files in your anti virus software. It will block the files. Also your router shoud allow th file past you firewall. Even in windows firewall if you are using it. I am still having this problem even after completly turning off my firewall. I do have the two files excluded in norton. Something must still be blocking theese files from using the net. Have not played the game since my last post. Have not forgotten about you.

-Del

 

same thing with me cant play any pb game theres only 1 way to play if u right click and click on "run as an administrator" it works but abit slow.it only works if you got windows vista.thanks for that help if i find any news ill let u know.

 

well you guy are very lucky as i had the same problem and sovled it what you need to do is:

right click on bf2142pace.exe in youe game directory useually in prgramfiles/electronic arts battlefield 2142

then go to compatibility and tick the box to run under xp and the run as administrator tick box as well and thats it all done

get back to me if it dont work i may have to add something i not sure yet

 

No file by that name.. "bf2142pace.exe"

 

well what . exe are in your folder

 

i don't know whats going on but i don't have any "exe" files i think its different on windows visa?? ive got other file but none of them is any one else got the same problem.its starting to piss me off allot and i think it does to all of us with this problem EA must sort it out.

 

I HAVE WINDOWS VISTA AND I HAD SAME PROBLEM


some where in battlefield 2142 folder there will be a file (something).exe

 

yr can you find it because i cant there allot of folders

 

did you install your copy off a disc or via ea link

 

disk,now when i try and play it says insert disk the disks in???

 

its it leagal copy

 

ya bought it on play.com