I keep getting the same problem with my game and its only just started happaning after the latest battlefield 4 server updates and no i can not play the game. Dec 05, 2008 Well i just got battlefield 2142 and as soon as i patched and installed. I tried to play it online. About 5-6mins into gameplay i get kiked.

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(This assumes you have installed Punkbuster, and added Battlefield 3 to its games list.) Download and run it. Sinhala Midi Tracks S here. If it claims everything is okay ( = green), try running BF3 again. Gvox Encore 5 Full. If BF3 still fails to communicate with 'Punkbuster Service A', then, run PBSetup.exe and check whether you have the right path to your BF3.

PBSetup creates a subfolder for the games it registers, and remembers this subfolder's path. If you have, for any reason, relocated the BF3 install, the service won't be able to validate the game, and fail to communicate.

As Steve himself pointed out, it might also be the Windows Firewall blocking the Service. I downloaded PBSVC and it told me that PnkBustr.A.exe was blocked, so I turned off Windows Firewall. I was able to get into a game for a few minutes before getting kicked with an error about 'PnkBustrB.exe not initialized.' I removed and re-installed Punkbuster with the link from k1DBLITZ, making sure to select my BF3 installation folder, and now I don't seem to have either PnkBustrA.exe or PnkBusterB.exe running. Good old EA (+EB). I think the next step might just be to re-install Windows.

– Mar 4 '13 at 3:22 •. I did restart the services, but after getting the PnkBstrB.exe error and removing and re-installing PunkBuster multiple times, I had neither PnkBstrA.exe nor PnkBustrB.exe in the service list any more. So I gave up, wiped the hard drive, and re-installed Windows 7 clean, with only the default options. A massive 10 GB download from Origin later, everything now works peachy-keen.

Thanks for your great tips, Bora. Here's hoping that PunkBuster stays working after I re-install Steam. – Mar 5 '13 at 6:11 •. OS: Windows 7 64bit Game: Bf3 Problem: Getting kicked from Bf3 Error: PnkbstrA.exe error If your getting kicked from Bf3 due to a PnkbstrA.exe error you may need to ensure that PnkbstrA.exe is in fact running. Check your processes list and check to see if PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe are listed along with checking services.msc to see if PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe are listed, if not due to following: Go here (www.evenbalance.com/index.php) and read the FIRST PARAGRAPH, u'll see a link to the service installation program (called PBSVC). Download and run, PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe will then be installed correctly and running.

You should be good to go after that. I got the RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe message. I finally fixed mine after reading lots of forums, I did a few of my own things, some probably not needed, and others probably noobish, but in the end mine works!

I did: • Open windows firewall • click advanced settings (on the left) and then inbound (also left) • Find PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe (if you have two of both, it's fine) • right click on each of them >properties >programs and services • make sure that 'all programs that meet the spesifications' is checked • then go to the 'Advanced' tab and check all 3 boxes. Domain, Private and Public. • REMEMBER TO DO THIS FOR ALL PnkBstr Files. Then save and quit. • Go to C: Program Files (x86) Origin Games Battlefield 3 and delete 'Pb' folder. • go to these 2 links: • • • download and install both • Run Pbsetup.exe (the first link) • add a game (eg.

Bf3) • check for updates. This should help PS: for some reason i can no longer launch bf3 from chrome after doing this so i used firefox. (this is not the first time i have done this, although the first time was not the same error.).