PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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Being kicked from ingame back to the game menue, after joining a server, I get the message:

"You have been kicked from the game. the reason is:Punkbuster kicked player sushi25 (for 0minutes) PB INIT FAILURE (if this persists, visit evenbalance.com and click support to manually update Punkbuster."

I am using the PBsepup tool and also did update the files from PB manually in the Steam PB-sub-folder

Within the game settings "allow Punkbuster" is activated. I did uninstall the Beta before installing the game.

Any ideas or similar experiences with the game?
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Are you guys getting this also, looking at the EA-forums, it seems it could be a serverside problem. The servers need to be restarted to update their PB-files. Damn pathetic programming!!!
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Re: PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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is your PB on your firewall exceptions list, make sure you have A and B and maybe even punkbuster C on the list. and have you updated punkbuster? all stupid solutions but it's as far as my knowledge goes! xD
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Re: PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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:lol: Hitman, if you look at my post above, you will see that I did indeed do the pb updating.

It appears the majority of the servers are ok by now, have been restarted and are running again. At least I can stay in the games (keeping my fingers crossed)
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Re: PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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D'oh! :D
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Re: PB is kicking me from BC2 (Steam version)

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When you start the game, there's a message scrolling at the bottom of the screen saying that PB kicks are a "known issue" that's being worked on. They suggest going to the punkbuster website and doing a manual update if the problem keeps happening. But from your previous post, I'm guessing it's the servers that need the manual updating :-P
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