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[Captain John H. Miller]

Now I've installed the Bf2 patch 1.50 , but when I play after a few minutes I get this:


Look here at my first BF2 screenshot
It says that 'PnkbstrB.exe Heartbeats stopped'

Please help me to get ride of this,
Captain J.H.Miller(Joep).

[Scoop1967 - Dan]

Possibly your firewall is blocking it.

[Warrior124]

If you haven't done so already try installing Punkbuster services through pbsvc.exe. Then, restart your pc.

[Captain John H. Miller]

Ok thanks guys, I'll do it when I'm home.

[Captain John H. Miller]

It still does it, the firewall was ok and I did the Pbsvc...and I still get it...help..

[Warrior124]

Hmm, weird. Try this...
1) Go into your Windows\Sytem32 folder.
2) Look for PnkBstrB.exe.
3) Right click on the file.
4) Go into Compatability Mode.
5) Select to run it under XP SP2 mode, and select to Run as Administrator.
6) Click the Apply button, and then the OK button to finish.
7) Restart the pc.

If you are running Windows 7...
If you are running Windows 7 do the above (except for option 7) plus the following...
1) go into your Users\<account name>\AppData\Local\PunkBuster\BF2\pb\ folder
2) Look for PnkBstrB.exe.
3) Right click on the file.
4) Go into Compatability Mode.
5) Select to run it under XP SP2 mode, and select to Run as Administrator.
6) Click the Apply button, and then the OK button to finish.
7) Restart the pc.

[Captain John H. Miller]

Thank you =D

[Captain John H. Miller]

I still get it D=

[JulsAngel]

same problem here, did all that and still giving me the problem.... can someone please help...


Thanks a lot!!!

[Scoop1967 - Dan]

Two possible fixes.

Solution 1:
- Click start, click RUN, type Services.msc in the run box
- Right click on PnkBstrA, Select properties.
- On the "Login" tab, check 'Allow service to interact with desktop'.
- Do the same thing for PnkBstrB.

Solution 2:
- Start BF2
- Alt + Tab and go to the directory c:\windows\system32 and delete this file: "PnkBstrB.exe"
- Reboot BF2, Punkbuster will then download a "new" PnkBstrB.exe and hopefully the problem goes away.

[Warrior124]

Also remember. When updating punkbuster using pbsetup.exe you need to remove the folder called "pb" in your BF2's main directory before updating, or it may not update properly.

[JulsAngel]

Ok, im going to try that now... i let you know.... Thanks guys!!!

[JulsAngel]

Wow it worked!!!! thanks to all of you guys!!!!!!!

I used Solution 1... allowing desktop to interact with service, i did uninstalled PB yesterday but didn't erase it from BF2 directory.... but so far solution 1 is working



Thanks for your quick response!!! very happy now....

[JulsAngel]

I guess something else is wrong.... as soon the 1st game ended I got kicked out of the server, same problem with the heartbeats... im going to try the other options....

[JulsAngel]

OK, before I start I want to say thanks to you all for helping me when i most need it.... at the end what i did, I uninstalled BF2 and then reinstalled the game and patches. And again Punkbuster kicked me out for "manual update of punkbuster" so I did and after that the game was running perfect!!!


So im back playing with my friends in MoonGamers *RANKED* Karkand/Oman 24/7 and MoonGamers BF2 Rotation *RANKED* FF=OFF servers... thanks again my friends

[Scoop1967 - Dan]

Awesome, glad it all worked out!

[Captain John H. Miller]

If I re=install BF can I save that patch somewhere that I dont have to sit 1,5hours again to wait till its done?

[Warrior124]

Yes, you can. That is how I save mine.

[Captain John H. Miller]

Yes, you can. That is how I save mine.

How can I save it? and where lol >.<

[Warrior124]

Just right click on the file name, and choose "Save Link As". It will open up a window where you can save it anywhere you want.