i use other methods that dont need to disable punkbuster, they are probably a bit more awkward then disabling pb alltogether but it works.
i have disabled punkbuster by just jumping over where it loads pb but the pb server expects packets from pb so i get the error "pb must be enabled" so i have to come up with a way of sending fake packets or just change the way pb looks for hacks.
im not really interested in trying to disable pb fully untill my other methods of hacking are patched.