Run Punkbuster Services Only When Needed
If you have recently installed a game that uses the anti-cheating software Punkbuster to reduce online cheating in the game you may have noticed the two Punkbuster services PnkBstrA.exe and PnkBstrB.exe running in the Windows Task Manager even if the game has not been started in the session.
Punkbuster gets installed as two Windows Services that automatically run when Windows starts. They will run even if the games they protect are not started once on the computer system. The two programs do not use a lot of system resources when the game is not running but are an annoyance as it does not make sense to some users to run them when they are not needed.
If you have recently installed a game that uses the anti-cheating software Punkbuster to reduce online cheating in the game you may have noticed the two Punkbuster services PnkBstrA.exe and PnkBstrB.exe running in the Windows Task Manager even if the game has not been started in the session.
Punkbuster gets installed as two Windows Services that automatically run when Windows starts. They will run even if the games they protect are not started once on the computer system. The two programs do not use a lot of system resources when the game is not running but are an annoyance as it does not make sense to some users to run them when they are not needed.
