Battlefield 2142 punkbuster

Hello

I had have windows Xp, In which I installed battlefield 2142 and I could
play it all day
but I change my operative system to Windows Vista Home Premium
and I installed battlefield 2142, but now when I'm in the game playing
always punkbuster kick me out of the game

I wounder if Windows Vista has something to do with this issue

"camalyto52" <camalyto52@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10D2E0D3-7928-413C-BBA7-AB346DCC65E4@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> I had have windows Xp, In which I installed battlefield 2142 and I could
> play it all day
> but I change my operative system to Windows Vista Home Premium
> and I installed battlefield 2142, but now when I'm in the game playing
> always punkbuster kick me out of the game
>
> I wounder if Windows Vista has something to do with this issue

There has been an ongoing Punkbuster problem for many (since about 1 Aug),
not just Vista. If you get the error message

>>
Problems with Server Communications and disconnected after 0 Mins with
PnkbstrA.exe
>>

Download the file pbsvc.exe from

http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe

Run the program, it may ask to remove old Punkbuster, if so let it and run
the program again to manually install latest.

At the end, there is a neat Punkbuster checking utility and it makes sure
everything is working fine

Frenchy

i m having the same issue with the error message. i recently got a replacement laptop with vista and have the same problem. i was told it could be a firewall too. i m not the greatest computer person here and as far as manuelly installing punk buster i m confussed here.... can some on do a step by step proceedure on the installing the punkbuster manuelly thx....

I was having the same problem as you all. I did a search online and found some pretty wild fixes for the issue that required redoing this and downloading that etc. I was able to fix the problem fairly quickly actually and it was painless. Right click on the desktop icon for BF2142 and goto Properties. Then, go to Compatibility and select Windows XP for Compatibility mode (make sure you check the box as well) and make the Privilege Level - Administrator. Boom. The only downside is that you're running at 32 bit, but at least you're playing! Have fun.