[Solved] Call of Duty 4 ~ Punkbuster error

[Gildor]

Hey guys.

Everytime i get into call of duty and play on a server, i get kicked after 1 minute. The error message says "Restriction: Punkbuster.exe initialization failed"

Ive tried things like reinstalling Punkbuster, updating. I dont know whats wrong, can someone help?

Thanks

[Grovyle]

Turn it on. O_o

[Gildor]

What do you mean turn it on? It has always been on when i play, but now it does not show up on the Windows task manager. :conf:

Is there a manual way to turn it on?

[The_Wolf]

What do you mean turn it on? It has always been on when i play, but now it does not show up on the Windows task manager. :conf:

Is there a manual way to turn it on?

Make sure the .exe file is accessable. Try placing it in another folder and adding the CoD4 properly in it's game list.

[Grovyle]

What do you mean turn it on? It has always been on when i play, but now it does not show up on the Windows task manager. :conf:

Is there a manual way to turn it on?

Hmm let me see

Go to options
Multiplayer Options
Punkbuster ON

[Juraj_horvath]

Update, install your punkbuster


Juraj :roll:

[cDa]

try to get new punkbuster from web

also did you first install game then punkbuster or did you install it durring install of cod4? when i played it first i instaled it after  game install gave similar error, when i instaled during game install. worked fine...

[Gildor]

It was a little more complex then your suggestions guys.

I deinstalled Punkbuster, then reinstalled. I did not update my PB, because the update was the problem all along. The update was finishing prematurely, therefore somehow deleting my PnkbstrB.exe everytime I wanted to play. Therefore, I got my friend to send me his PB folder which had already been updated.

Problem solved.