Call of duty 4 crashes in Windows 8.

Anonymous
2012-11-15T04:18:36+00:00

My COD4PC has stopped working once upgraded to Windows 8, the error I am receiving is caused by a Punk buster malfuction, caused by a faulty module named "PBCL.DLL" in the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty 4\pb" folder, playing in non punkbuster servers will run fine, then when I go into PB enabled servers the game will result in a crash. *Worked fine in Windows 7.

Error from Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: iw3mp.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4859a219

Faulting module name: pbcl.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x50522bb2

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x0000d08e

Faulting process id: 0x23b4

Faulting application start time: 0x01cdbec1d13fa23f

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty 4\iw3mp.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty 4\pb\pbcl.dll

Report Id: 5db6d05a-2ab5-11e2-be6c-4437e60a3958

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

Original title : COD4PC Crashing - Punkbuster (PBCL.DLL)

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T12:29:02+00:00

    Hello.

    Click and domnload this file http://mediafire.com/?gtva9wawv84al2g

    • Select the rar/zip that you downloaded right click and select extract here
    • open the game directory and look for the file name **iw3mp.exe (**search all folders in the game to find it)
    • select and move the file from your game folder and save it in a safe location of your choice
    • copy the downloaded file iw3mp.exe and paste it in the same location where the original one was.....run the game
    • you can reverse it if unsuccessful

    Worked?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T06:19:32+00:00

    Hi all, this is a problem with pb server, it is not correctly working with the window 8

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-10T01:08:34+00:00

    Hi Mark,

    Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Community.

    I would have you contact Call Of Duty support for further assistance.

    Refer the link-

    support.activision.com/pkb_Home?clickedOn=MW3

    You may also post your query in the Call Of Duty Community forums as well.

    Refer the link-

    www.**callofduty**.com/community/mw3/forums/**support**

    Do get back to us for any issues pertaining to Windows in the future. We will be happy to help.

    Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-09T19:25:29+00:00

    hi all,

    i tryed all things windows or game related.

    updating game,updating punkbuster,updating drivers.

    nothing worked.

    the only thing that works is playing on non punkbuster servers (on witch are to manny cheaters)

    well at ill think its time for me to go back to win 7. (lukely for me i still have te dual boot.

    i will monitor this forum to see if somone has a awnser that works (instead of general support that doesent).

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-01-09T01:39:06+00:00

    Hi Allen,

    Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Community.

    I would have you contact the manufacturer of the game to check for the latest patches and updates on the game.

    Do get back to us for any issues pertaining to Windows in the future. We will be happy to help.

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