Error Could not join server (1)
by Bakhaug6SOriginal Post
I seem to have found a solution to the infamous Error .Im not very
experienced in snooping around on my own troubleshooting but i will continue
working on this issue till it is solved. after doing everything that is
available on the web ( if you google BF4 Error: Could not join server 
and do everything....) the only thing i couldnt seem to find is pnkbstrB
service being stopped all the time. I never get a pnkbstrB error message but
most likelly if you go to task manager under services , you will find
pnkBstrB status as Stopped ( i hope it is the issue cause its fixable with
method below)
.Also for some reason, installing pbsetup+pbsvr.exe puts pnkbstrA.exe and
pnkbstrB.exe in syswow64 under windows but NOT pnkbstrB.exe in system32 ( in
all my troubleshooting i am running game 32bit to be safe). So here what i
have done and SUPPOSE it is fixed:
Windows7(64bit)
1. copy pnkbstrB.exe pnkbstrB.xtr pnkbstrB.ex0 from syswow64 to system32( if
you dont have the last 2 then maybe its not important).
2. hit windows button and type: allow a program through windows firewall (
btw all .exe around orgin/battlelog/bf4 should be here even if firewall is
disabled ) To avoid frustration i also ticked PUBLIC box on all associated
.exe
3. add pnkbstrA.exe and pnkbstrB.exe files from system32
4. (speculation step) my syswow64 pnkbstrA.exe and pnkbstrB.exe files have
their name here without the .exe in the end so i removed them and add again
and now the .exe is present!
5. hit windows button and type: services.msc
6. locate pnkbstrB > hit properties > Recovery > make all 3 failure
selections state: Restart the Service > apply
7. restart pc
8. pray to your deity.
p.s. one more thing i did before this in close proxy is:
open cmd.exe , then type:
ipconfig/flushdns
ipconfig/registerdns
ipconfig/release
ipconfig/renew
netsh winsock reset
and restart ( i have no idea if its related... i just do EVERYTHING)
i have a 36% quit ratio all in 3 days with this error getting kicked
literally every 2-5 mins and now after this i been kickless for 2 hours!!
there was a black screen like a freeze at a moment but the game just
minimized and then i could get back ( could it be B crashing and reseting?)
let me know if this was helpful to anyone . i will post if i get the error
again...
