RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe

[Danielthewde]

this worked for me 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh7ayrsynr0

[shltzx20040626]

doesn't work

[GotaSmoke]

This has seemed to work for me. At least so far I can play BF3 again. Thank You for the link my friend!

[popeman01]

None of this is working for me. i turned off my antivirus software, firewall and nothing is working. I don't know if Punkbuster is assuming i'm hacking or cheating but it's really PISSING ME OFF!!!!!!. I love Battlefield enough to not even want to Hack. it's gonna take a miracle to get this fixed.

[Jacksonpires]

This happened to me too and I could correct it with this: 

Download PunkBuster (http://websec2.evenbalance.com/downloader/download.php) Add the target game to PB and then search for *"insert target game name"Game.exe* (I had this problem with BFBC2 so it was BFBC2Game) in the origin games folder and launch it as administrator. Worked fine for me. I recommend restarting the computer after adding the game to PB and executing just the game, close Origin and other unnecessary programs.

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@popeman01 wrote:

None of this is working for me. i turned off my antivirus software, firewall and nothing is working. I don't know if Punkbuster is assuming i'm hacking or cheating but it's really PISSING ME OFF!!!!!!. I love Battlefield enough to not even want to Hack. it's gonna take a miracle to get this fixed.

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[FortenAcer20]

Thanks so much dude it worked!!

[betterth]

IDK if others in the thread already psoted this, but I'm not going to read the whole thread to post a resolution. 

I ran the PBSVC setup program to install the punkbuster services into Windows 8 manually. You want to see them installed and running on services.msc. 

http://evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

They required me to install the .Net 1.1 framework for a dll. I got that here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=26

I also installed the normal punkbuster software that runs an updater to make sure your version is up to date for each game. http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloader/download.php?file=1 Unsure if that's required. 

[NearForce]

it worked! thanks a lot!

[NoMoReFuRy4412]

Hello Please Stop Sharing your PunkBuster logs EA Cant help you with that WIth bans Or this kind of errors  there is a one Who can help you contact PunkBuster Support

1- Go to Punkbuster Support Website Here

2- Accept Agreement of Punkbuster by clicking I Agree  button

3- Open a Ticket There

4- Wait For A staff to reply You'r Answer normally It can take a 2-24 Hours or maybe 1 Week To Reply your Answer your Questions

5- IF they solve your problem then Dont Hesitate To Post A Fix Here

Thank you for UnderStanding Please If This Really Help You Mark it As Solution Or Give Some Xp's

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