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I found the Punkbuster heartbeats stopped problem fix

Started by userseven, Mar 4 2010 06:10 PM

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#1 userseven

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Posted Mar 4, 2010 - 06:10 PM

I had a problem with the heartbeats stopped problem from pnkbstrb.exe and very slow performance from Battlefield 2 Special Forces, i fixed all these problems by doing the following.


Turning off ALL firewall services

Turning off Windows Defender

Uninstalling and reinstalling Punkbuster

and this final step is the one i found odd as it was last thing i tried changing and suddenly all the problems with Punkbuster went away (slow game performance, and punkbuster error messages handshaking, heartsbeats stopped)

I went into the game's video card settings and set all settings to HIGH, i also set the video cards setting to highest settings within the video card's management software.

After i changed these video settings and dont ask me why ALL my problems with punkbuster went away and now punkbuster runs as if i never installed it!


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Posted Mar 4, 2010 - 06:24 PM

Running the Punkbuster Services Tool is usually a good first step for most people: http://www.pbbans.com/info-center-pbsvc.html#install

Generally people should be discourage from disabling firewall services and anti-spyware/malware applications due to the system protection they provide (even if relatively small).

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Posted Dec 5, 2010 - 11:01 AM

Just like to add that adding an exclusion for your game in the data execution prevention found in control panel-system-DEP can also help with punkbuster kicks as i found out after trying everything else.

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Posted Dec 21, 2010 - 06:39 PM

View Postarrawn, on Dec 5, 2010 - 11:01 AM, said:

Just like to add that adding an exclusion for your game in the data execution prevention found in control panel-system-DEP can also help with punkbuster kicks as i found out after trying everything else.


I had a simular issue but resolved it in BF2 by clicking "Auto Ready" in game options.

I strongly suggest you keep your firewall up!!!

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