I bought Call of Duty 4 the other night and it is an amazing game. I can play 1st player and multiplayer (servers without punk buster) fine, but when i go onto a server that has punkbuster i get kiked after 1 or 2 minutes of play. a notice pops up that says
Notice
[my profile name] Punk Buster kicked player "[myprofile name]" (for 0 minutes)... RESTRICTION:
Service Communication Failure:PnkBstrB.exe initialization failed.
How do I fix this?
Full Version: [PC]Call Of Duty 4 punk buster
You can download and run PBSetup from here. It updates all of your games which use Punkbuster.
I just tried it there and it updates when you install it, so Call of Duty 4 is listed, you just need to tell it where you installed it to and then click on the "Check For Updates" button and you should be good to go.
Punkbuster is supposed to update itself but if you run into problems just use the PBSetup.
I just tried it there and it updates when you install it, so Call of Duty 4 is listed, you just need to tell it where you installed it to and then click on the "Check For Updates" button and you should be good to go.
Punkbuster is supposed to update itself but if you run into problems just use the PBSetup.
I did that, it checked and found the updates, but after 2 mins of playing on a punkbuster sever i got kicked again and the same message popped up.
I even re installed the game.
I even re installed the game.
You must have a firewall or router problem then, try following these instructions from Punkbuster :
I also found this site when I searched for your problem.
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Do I have to re-configure my firewall or proxy to use PunkBuster?
In general, if a connection can play the Game online successfully without PunkBuster, then there will be no need to make any changes to a firewall or proxy that may be in use when PunkBuster is Installed and Enabled. PunkBuster communicates over the Internet (and in LAN environments) using the same network channels created and used by the Game, and therefore requires no changes. If, however, you had to adjust your firewall to use the game in the first place, you may need to extend that adjustment to include ports used by PB's auto-update feature. PunkBuster Clients use outgoing UDP Port 24349 to get security info from the PunkBuster Master Servers, PunkBuster Servers use UDP Ports 24349 and 24305.
In general, if a connection can play the Game online successfully without PunkBuster, then there will be no need to make any changes to a firewall or proxy that may be in use when PunkBuster is Installed and Enabled. PunkBuster communicates over the Internet (and in LAN environments) using the same network channels created and used by the Game, and therefore requires no changes. If, however, you had to adjust your firewall to use the game in the first place, you may need to extend that adjustment to include ports used by PB's auto-update feature. PunkBuster Clients use outgoing UDP Port 24349 to get security info from the PunkBuster Master Servers, PunkBuster Servers use UDP Ports 24349 and 24305.
I also found this site when I searched for your problem.
thanks ill try all that, but my firewall is down so i don't know what else to do.
wudup i had that same problem ran it as administrator didnt have the problem anymore
This thread is almost a year old. 
QUOTE (.William @ Nov 6 2008, 08:40 PM) 
This thread is almost a year old.
I think he might've fixed the problem until now.
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