The Punkbuster Bible KING JAMES VERSION

The Punkbuster Bible 

1st: Let's start with the eula from pb that you agreed to:

PunkBuster notes they may be considered invasive, and that they reserve the right to inspect someone's entire hard drive and all of their files: "Licensee understands and agrees that the information that may be inspected and reported by PunkBuster software includes, but is not limited to, Licensee's Internet Protocol Address, devices and any files residing on the hard-drive and in the memory of the computer on which PunkBuster software is installed." "Further, Licensee consents to allow PunkBuster software to transfer actual screenshots taken of Licensee's computer during the operation of PunkBuster software for possible publication." "Licensee agrees that any harm or lack of privacy resulting from the installation and use of PunkBuster software is not as valuable to Licensee as the potential ability to play interactive online games with the benefits afforded by using PunkBuster software."
This is why you must rename the hack exe. to anything that has nothing to do with hacking and put it inside of another folder and not on your desktop as they will be searching for it.

2nd:You receive a pop up message and you are kicked from the server.

This is an admin that kicked you to make room for a member of that server(clan member etc) or it is a script running so it kicks you for team killing, base raping, high ping etc. you are not banned just kicked from that particular server temporary.

3rd:You recieve a pop up message pb error.

81001:Corrupted File/Memory = Run a virus/malware scan of your computer to see if anything is trying to attach itself to the running program.(ex.fraps) Also run a memory stress test to see if there is a fault there that could be causing issues. You can find such a program on the following website: Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic

85000: corrupted file or memory = reinstall PB

9005: loosing key packets = Turn off firewall and anything else using internet (ex.downloading movies,music,games etc)

125083: Shut off any programs you have running in the background.

Disallowed Program/Driver: = Disable steam overlay,open steam,go to File/ Settings/ Ingame tab/ Uncheck the "Enable Steam Community In-Game" checkbox/ Restart Steam
PnkBstrB.exe initialization failed: = Delete the PB folder from the game directory and in C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/PunkBuster/bbc2, uninstall pb and reinstall again
PnkBstrB.exe heartbeats stopped: = download the Pbsvc.exe and run the uninstaller. Then reinstall the services. If you have a firewall make sure you allow Pnkbstr A and B files full access.

4th: How to install, uninstall and update pb:

Uninstall: = Download pbsvc/run the Uninstaller in pbsvc,go to C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield Bad Company 2 and delete the pb folder to remove any leftover files, if you don't find it, search for pb, run Ccleaner and restart your pc
Install: = Run pbsvc again and Re-Install all Punkbuster Serivces,if your using Vista don't set compatibility to XP, run as admin, after it installs click the test option to check the punk buster install you just did it should come back all green
Update: Download pbsetup/ it will automatically updates your Punkbuster, If your using Vista/7 don't set compatibility to XP, run as admin,run pbsetup and add BFBC2 if its not already listed

5th: You receive the pop up window with ban message:

Most of the time these are just admin bans that mean you are banned from that particular server and if you try to join that sever again it will say something like "prior/kickban" You are raging and the server admin caught you or someone went on their ventrillo or team speak and called in admin to ban you remember a admin can make the pop up window message read anything he wants and if they own more than one server they may add you to the ban list on their other servers. Sometimes they ban you just by your soldier name and you can create a new soldier and rage the server again. This is not a guid ban you can join any other server

6th:The real ban:

You receve a pop up window AIMBOT #50*** this means your guid is banned. This means your key is banned. It doesn't matter if you run the hack or not now cause that cd key is banned. You can still play on non pb servers. To play on a Pb server you will need a new key, a new email address, and create a new soldier. You do not have to delete and reinstall BBC2. Just use ea download manager activate a new email. Now go and start BBC2 enter your new email and password and it will ask you for the new key, enter the new key and make a new soldier. In steam make a new steam account with a new email. Do not use your old steam account or your old ea email account.

7th: Delay ban:

The reason they do this is pretty simple really. Before the delay system hack forums would just rely on feedback, as soon as someone posted that the hack was detected, everybody stopped using it. 2-3 people got banned, and many players were saved their GUID's to cheat again, so long as you checked the forums daily for detection status, you were for the most part fine to cheat as you pleased. To counter this, Punkbuster started a delay ban system. In other words, when they figure out the algorithm a hack uses, they add that to their detection database, anyone who uses a hack for the 1-2 weeks while it is there will be stuck in a waiting list to be banned. Then Punkbuster updates the client and everyone gets banned the next time they play whether running the hack at that time or not. This way it's not a few players getting banned, but instead a few hundred to even thousands on some hack communities.This is why you see people saying the new hack is detected because they are on the delay ban and they load the new undetected hack and they got banned.