Re: PunkBuster

From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:04:29 -0400

I was thinking of that too, however since he's running
XP that could indicate that PB is reporting a false positive,
or perhaps that SP 1 was not installed from the WU site.. 

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"Joshua Smith [MSFT]" <joshsm@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If I remember right Punkbuster detects what OS you are running on because
> some cheats are easier or possible on certain OS's and not on others. The
> server owner is able to just block those OS's rather than allow them to
have
> a chance of cheating without being detected. That is at least how I
remember
> it from a couple years ago when cheating in Counterstrike was so bad.
Things
> may have changed since then.
>
> Joshua Smith
> DirectInput and OpenGL Test Labs
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> "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
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> > "reel_big_fish_fan" <reel_big_fish_fan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
> > message
> > news:C8CC963F-97E1-464F-8816-3F96EB2693F6@microsoft.com...
> > | i have Call of Duty installed and i was playing online when i got
kicked
> > via
> > | PunkBuster for an inadequate O/S.  I also tried to play Americas Army
> > and
> > | Battlefield. Those dont work either.  Would like assistance because i
> > would
> > | like to play those games.
> >
> > Lets run a diagnostic of your system to see if we can pinpoint the
> > problem.
> >
> > In order to Create a dxdiag.txt file:  Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
> > Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
> > Afterwards click the "Save All Information..." button in the bottom row.
> >
> > To post the DX diagnostic information, open the file in notepad, click
> > Edit
> > / Select All / Copy and then Paste the data into your post using Ctrl+V.
> > If
> > you use Outlook Express Click Insert / File Attachment. I hope this
helps!
> >
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> > Cheers,                                 Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> > Jimmy S.                               http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> >
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