The following is an error message i keep getting from battlefield 3

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'L_C_Aliceter-BK-' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe


I have no cheats or overlays. I also tried to manually download and up date it from there web sight. Any ideas are welcome and thanks in advance

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I haven't had this issue, so I ran a quick Google search and found a couple possible workarounds on the BattleLog forums.  You may want to surf around and see what other workarounds you can find online.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624853001962/13/
 
"PunkBuster kicked player 'Benard_Crumbs' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe

It was working fine literally an hour ago, restart computer, and BAM it happens.

I've had the game for like 4 Hours.

Ok, tried this http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe [evenbalance.com] and ran that, moved it into my battlefield 3 folder and ran it alongside the normal PBSetup with battlefield 3, and it seems to be going fine."

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"I had the same problem and installing PunkBuster from http://www.evenbalance.com/ [evenbalance.com] didn't help.

What fixed it was running the original PunkBuster installer that comes with the game from
C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\__Installer\punkbuster\redist"

When you start the updater this is an option to test services. Have you done that. Check your running process look for both PnkBstrA and B.

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Thanks the link you gave me worked. As  a special thanks next time we play ill upgrade my ammo to 24k Gold just for you. :P

Damon wrote (View Post):

I haven't had this issue, so I ran a quick Google search and found a couple possible workarounds on the BattleLog forums.  You may want to surf around and see what other workarounds you can find online.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624853001962/13/
 
"PunkBuster kicked player 'Benard_Crumbs' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe

It was working fine literally an hour ago, restart computer, and BAM it happens.

I've had the game for like 4 Hours.

Ok, tried this http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe [evenbalance.com] and ran that, moved it into my battlefield 3 folder and ran it alongside the normal PBSetup with battlefield 3, and it seems to be going fine."

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"I had the same problem and installing PunkBuster from http://www.evenbalance.com/ [evenbalance.com] didn't help.

What fixed it was running the original PunkBuster installer that comes with the game from
C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 3\__Installer\punkbuster\redist"

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Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study Hard.
Be evil.

Woot, I've heard bullets made of Gold do more damage.

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