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
    2013-01-20T18:26:45+00:00

    I guess you upload the iw3mp.exe that solves this problem with Windows 7, but with Windows 8 is different and your solution doesn't work.

    Someone who solved it?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-20T17:52:19+00:00

    it s doesn t work ! another solution ??!!! pls

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-19T12:46:49+00:00

    Hi...

    I know how frustrating it can be not being able to play an awesome game like MW 4......I've been there done that!!

    Be "more" patient....I will find a fix as I did with many of my personal games........

    • go into the game's directory and open a folder named "main"
    • right click on the video folder cut and paste it on your desktop or any safe location of your choice**.....**.run the game again!

    If it does not work, put back the video folder to it's original place!

    Helped???

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-19T02:40:22+00:00

    Gravityforce - tried your suggestions.  After making change, rebooted.  First attempt to run program, immediate game crash...iw3mp.exe stopped running error.  Rebooted.  Second attempt, game loaded, then screen went black.  No change whether I run program as Admin or not.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-01-18T03:23:58+00:00

    Hi..

    1. click start and right click on computer and choose properties
    2. on the upper left corner of the open window click Advanced System settings
    3. on the new window click Advanced tab
    4. under performance....Visual effects"""""" click settings and choose Data Execution Prevention
    5. click Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select then click Add
    6. in the new popup window click the little triangle inside the Look in Box and search for the game Application inside the game directory...for eg: iw3mp-iw3sp
    7. right click on it and click select click Apply and Ok and ok to the rest of the open windows

    Launch the game and let me know if it works!

    OR

    • open the game directory and right click on the game application
    • select properties and click on the capability tab and tick the box that says Run this program as an administrator
    • click Apply and Ok

    Launch the game and let me know if it works!

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