# Window's 8.1?

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189 "2013-11-18T01:36:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![LoveDakota](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@LoveDakota](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/LoveDakota)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189/1 "2013-11-18T01:36:25Z")

</div>

I recently updated to windows 8.1 and for some strange reason i keep leaving games. I’ll join a game (load up as usual) play for about fifteen seconds and then the screen goes black and the little load icon appears in the top right corner of the screen. I tried to watch it and see what it says, i catch a glimps for a red error message (havent been able to replicate), and then the message says leaving game. It worked perfectly fine with windows 8. Any suggestions?

Edit: Solved. I reinstalled punkbuster as per /u/BenVdd instructions. Thanks! ^^

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Venpacasa](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@Venpacasa](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Venpacasa)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189/2 "2013-11-18T02:10:57Z")

</div>

BF4 killed my windows8. I have to re- install the OS but I don’t heve my disks…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BenVdd](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@BenVdd](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BenVdd)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189/3 "2013-11-18T10:39:39Z")

</div>

I had the same problem when i upgraded from w8 to 8.1 . The way i fixed this was by re-installing punkbuster. Go to your origin games folder → BF4 folder and run pbsvc.exe

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![LoveDakota](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@LoveDakota](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/LoveDakota)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189/4 "2013-11-18T14:13:12Z")

</div>

It did it, thanks!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gamerjace](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@gamerjace](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/gamerjace)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/windows-8-1/110189/5 "2013-11-23T02:14:53Z")

</div>

Reinstall punkbuster