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
    2013-01-09T01:39:06+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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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-08T22:18:16+00:00

    Same problem here. If some sort of fix doesn't come, I'm going back to windows 7

    I really need you guys to fix this asap... I cant do anything else but play this game since I have a bad PC..

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-08T03:02:56+00:00

    Same problem here. If some sort of fix doesn't come, I'm going back to windows 7

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-27T22:13:00+00:00

    I'm having the same problem, with COD4 two mins into the game, it stops and says iw3mp.exe has stopped working. Apparently has something to do with the bugs on WIN8 and theres no fix for it at the moment. My friends have been playing on WIN7 and they say it works fine. So the only option at this stage would be to drop back down to WIN7. But its something i dont want to do and im waiting for a solution, Microsoft?

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-12-18T22:48:00+00:00

    This same advice and methods for resolving were posted to another thread about COD4 crashing in Win 8.  None of the methods worked for me and others appear to be in the same boat.  I have upgraded/downgraded video drivers, same with audio and to no avail.  Program runs find under Vista and Win 7.  But Win 8, no go.

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