If you do not have any of these programs running, open this ticket back up and state what you do have running, especially anything that might be similar to the above.īingo! Weeks ago I had searched Google for a solution to quickly switch between my PC sound output (speakers and headset). This kick is usually caused by one of the following programs running. Installed updates, played a game, 1.5 games later was kicked by Punkbuster.Īs you can see, I went through a lot of time and frustration. Something miraculous finally happened though.Ī whole 21 hours later I got this reply from EvenBalance support containing exactly the information I was after.Kicked off a fresh install of BF4 and went to bed.Uninstalled Battlefield 4 from my computer, uninstalled Origin client.Contacted (Punkbuster) via a support request.Tried to join live chat again but queue time was > 1hr.Less than 5 minutes later, I was kicked from the game by Punkbuster.I played 1.3 rounds of BF4 when he decided “I am sure the game is working now.” I insisted I had not yet proven that but he was keen to go.I didn’t trust that it would be that simple though, so I asked him “can I stay on this chat?” to which he agreed. I was told “Restart the game and origin and see if it works now”.When I ran the test services in the wizard I saw the test process stop it and leave it stopped – so I assume it wasn’t necessary. We found that PnkBstrB was not installed, so we installed it.Reinstalling Punkbuster (again, for the 4th time that night).He ran me through his usual troubleshooting script:.Explained the problem to him again to which he replied “Oh that’s sad” – very helpful thank you… Realised I had been transferred back to the first guy. Was told I came to the wrong queue AGAIN and was transferred.

Emailed my problem and provided comprehensive logs. Was told I came to the wrong queue and was transferred.

Attempted to email EA support about a Punkbuster issue but their contact form for email doesn’t allow you to submit at the time of writing.Upgraded the Origin client to the beta version in case it was out of date (somehow?), rebooted.Updated by graphics card drivers, rebooted.Google searching the error message (no results matching the error code).In utter frustration I had tried all of the following: Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player ‘Lostagent2’ (for 0 minutes) … RESTRICTION: Disallowed Program/Driver

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. I’ve recently had some trouble with PunkBuster kicking me from Battlefield 4 after about 1.5 continuous rounds.

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