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after an accidental ban by aa2.5 staff, I am now encountering some new issue with PB.  Keep getting kicked for "Abnormal activity" and Service communication failure PNKBSTRB.EXE DRIVER FAILURE (PNKBSTRK.sys) FFAB

I have uninstalled/reinstalled pb, ran the service utility which now gives me this: Starting PunkBuster Service Tests (v0.993) (10/06/12 21:26:09)
Checking OS
  Windows XP (build 2600, Service Pack 3) 32-bit
Checking PnkBstrA service status   RUNNING
Checking PnkBstrA Version          OK (1036)
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to:
   "C:\Documents and Settings\Awesometastic\Application Data\PnkBstrB.exe"
                                   OK
Checking firewall settings         OFF
Is PnkBstrA explicitly allowed?
C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe   YES
Is PnkBstrB explicitly allowed?
C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrB.exe   YES
Checking if PnkBstrB is running    RUNNING
Manually stopping PnkBstrB         STOPPED
Getting port for PnkBstrA          OK (44301)
Opening socket for packet send     OK
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrA    OK
Received 6 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
  Response = 8297 (ms) Version = v1036
Getting PnkBstrB install instance  OK
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA   SENT
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA   OK
Received 3 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
  Response = 15359 (ms) PnkBstrB started.
  Load SUCCESSFUL.
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (3) CHANGED (4)
Getting port for PnkBstrB          OK (45301)
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrB    OK
Received 5 bytes from 127.0.0.1:45301
  Response = 0 (ms) Version = 2202
Checking PnkBstrK driver status    NOT FOUND
Extracting new PnkBstrK to:
   "C:\Documents and Settings\Awesometastic\Application Data\PnkBstrK.sys"
                                   OK
Sending load packet to PnkBstrB    SENT
Checking PnkBstrK driver status    RUNNING
Stopping PnkBstrK                  STOPPED
Deleting PnkBstrK                  ERROR
Checking PnkBstrK driver status    DELETED
Manually stopping PnkBstrB         FAILED - no handle
Removing test PnkBstrB file        OK

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  Tests finished.

no, now its just says cheater on the reason