Windows API Function

by h1tmAn • 13 Feb 2008, 18:27 • Journals
Need some help with this problem...

Recently i get kicked from a server with the message Kicked for Missing/corrupt Windows API function [131144]

and in order for me to get kicked for the problem i need to do a vid_restart... which is rather annoying when my config does start up straight away. it seems to only do it with Vista but about 2 weeks ago never happened...

I've Updated PB + graphics + moniter Drivers. niether had an effect, so should i contact PB? or just some shitty command am missing

screeny
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schwein 13 Feb 2008, 18:27
detected anti-pbss code.
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h1tmAn 13 Feb 2008, 18:31
well tbh i think thats it... that stupid SGL accused me of haxs with some black screenshots then banned me :/
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schwein 13 Feb 2008, 18:37
owned!

black = hax
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LethalChicken 13 Feb 2008, 18:28
Had the same with vista, nothing helped.
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Spirea 13 Feb 2008, 18:28
try without vent on
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h1tmAn 13 Feb 2008, 18:30
not even on it :)
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Spirea 13 Feb 2008, 18:39
any other progs on?

api function probs happen often due to other progs being on when u start ET
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h1tmAn 13 Feb 2008, 19:03
well i had

Steam
Xfire
mIRC
Firefox
Kaspersky

tried it with all of them off no effect
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Re/d 13 Feb 2008, 19:07
Kaspersky would make sense... you sure you killed all running Kaspersky processes?
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h1tmAn 13 Feb 2008, 19:12
nope but i will do it again now.

EDiT: still kicked. with all kaspersky processes killed
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fryzer 13 Feb 2008, 18:28
I am also getting kick for that, haven't found the probl:(
Vista shit;p
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Quazz 13 Feb 2008, 19:06
i have vista , total problems : 0
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G1s 13 Feb 2008, 19:43
I have Vista for like 2 months, nothing was wrong but yesterday i've got kicked for same reason as hitman.
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topher 13 Feb 2008, 18:35
You need to dress in full Nordic Viking gear and board a warship on the 14th of the month.
Once at the helm take 4 gulps of Absynthe and recite the national anthem in the style of Eric Cartman with a warhammer inserted 45.5% into your rectum while fiercely masturbating the ship's cat into a bowl of Shredded Wheat.
Take the lumpy potion and spread it evenly across the face of your motherboard using a 3.5 inch squirrel hair art brush.
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artlove 13 Feb 2008, 18:40
nice selfbust tbh (black ss lol)
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ins 13 Feb 2008, 18:43
I have the same. As soon as you're in the server reconnect and THEN vid restart, worked for me.
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Splodge 13 Feb 2008, 18:48
turn off steam if its on
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h1tmAn 13 Feb 2008, 18:56
you got my hopes up then :D

but nope didnt work.
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Luk4ward 13 Feb 2008, 20:51
http://www.punksbusted.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16717&hl=Windows+API+Function

http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=faq-et.php :

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My computer locks up or "chugs" sometimes while I'm playing with PunkBuster Enabled, what can cause this?

PunkBuster "pushes" hardware and the Windows Operating System more than most software and uses functions in the Windows API (low level functions) that aren't used by most other programs. As such, there are a few cases where using PB can actually expose flaky hardware or other situations that don't cause problems for other software. Here are a few things that have helped other users make these problems get better or go away completely:

* Make sure you are using the latest version of PunkBuster (the latest version is always on our Download page) - also this link may help manually update your PB to the latest version when necessary
* From the game's main screen, press the tilde key (the ~ key) to bring down the console and enter the following line (without the quotes): "/pb_system 1".
* Never close other programs from your Windows Task Manager before playing the game, either leave them running or close them through the proper interface - killing a process doesn't always work completely even if it stops showing in the Task Manager and renegade threads seem to conflict with PB more than other programs that may be running in memory. There is a free utility that some players use called EndItAll to close all extra programs before they play to avoid software conflicts, crashes and lockups. You can get it from here.
* Check the add/remove programs list in your Control Panel and uninstall any programs that you don't use or that you don't know what they are.
* One program that seems to conflict with PB more than others is Norton Anti-Virus. If you have it installed, try uninstalling it to see if the lockups go away. Some players have reported that when this is the culprit, they can reinstall Norton Anti-Virus and the lockups don't come back.
* Other background programs that seem to conflict with PB for some users are Sound Blaster Live software and helper programs that come with video cards (especially ATI keyboard shortcut programs).
* Some players discovered that they had a computer virus and that the lockups vanished after it was fully removed.
* Experiment with the pb_sleep setting ... try setting it to 20, 250, or 500 to see if that affects your game performance. A few players have reported that all the problems go away when they "tweak" this setting.
* In extreme cases, a few users have reported that replacing their RAM (memory) or video/sound cards fixed the problem.
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