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