BattlEye Errors: What the Number in Brackets Means

By LK Wood IV · Published 2026-10-02 · ~13 min read · St. Louis County, MO

BattlEye failures arrive as one of two kinds of text. The first kind stops the launch: “BattlEye Service startup failed”, “Failed to install BattlEye Service”, “Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (1072)”. The second kind throws you out of a server after you are in: Query Timeout, Bad Service Version, Corrupted Memory #0. They have different causes and different fixes, and this page keeps them apart.

If you have an exact message, jump to it: the bracket-code table, the install and startup repair, 1053, 1058, 1072, 1450, 1275, kernel debugging or test-signing, kick messages, GTA V, other games or uninstall.

The fixes are BattlEye’s, from its FAQ, and the game publishers’. What I added is the part none of them prints: what the number in brackets means, read from Microsoft’s own error table, and which fix each number points to.

What BattlEye puts on your PC

Three pieces matter when you troubleshoot. The BE Launcher sits in the game folder, usually as an executable ending in _BE; Rockstar’s examples are GTA5_BE and GTA5_Enhanced_BE. The BE Service lives in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye as BEService.exe, registered with Windows under the service name BEService. BattlEye’s kernel driver is BEDaisy.sys, the file Windows names when it blocks BattlEye with error 1275.

BattlEye’s FAQ is blunt about when it runs. It is active only while you play a BattlEye-protected game with BattlEye enabled, and “any other time it will never run in any way.” Ubisoft’s help page says the same for its games and adds that if you uninstall BattlEye, the game will not launch.

That timing explains the launcher’s log. A January 2025 question on Microsoft Q&A quotes it line by line:

10:24:48: Starting BattlEye Service...
10:24:56: Failed to start BattlEye Service (1053).
10:24:56: Installing BattlEye Service...
10:25:03: Failed to install BattlEye Service (4, 5000041d).

The launcher tries to start the service, and when that fails it tries to reinstall it. Two errors in a row is one problem, and the bracketed number on the first line is the one to read.

The number in brackets is a Windows error code

BattlEye publishes no list of these numbers. The two it does explain line up exactly with Microsoft’s System Error Codes reference. Its 1275 entry is about Windows refusing to load BEDaisy.sys, and Microsoft’s 1275 is ERROR_DRIVER_BLOCKED, “This driver has been blocked from loading.” Its 577 entry is about driver signatures, and Microsoft’s 577 is ERROR_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH, “Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file.” The Microsoft Q&A log above adds a third match. Beside the launcher’s 1053, the user’s Event Viewer said the service “did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion”, which is Microsoft’s 1053 text word for word.

So read the number against Microsoft’s table, then go to the fix it points at.

The other number format, “Failed to install BattlEye Service (4, 30001770)” or “(4, 40000430)”, is not in Microsoft’s table, and neither BattlEye nor any publisher page I read explains it. I do not decode those. Epic’s help page for one of them, (4, 50000005), gives the same steps as the install and startup repair below, plus a driver update, so that procedure is where every “(4, …)” code goes.

Check the service before you change anything

Open Command Prompt and run:

sc query BEService
sc qc BEService

On a PC with no BattlEye game installed, both commands fail with 1060. Read on 2026-10-02 on Windows 11 Home 25H2, build 26200.9457, sc query BEService printed [SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060: followed by “The specified service does not exist as an installed service.” If you see that with a BattlEye game installed, the service never registered, and the launcher needs to install it.

When the service exists, sc query shows its STATE. STOPPED is normal while no game is running, because BattlEye only runs with the game. sc qc shows START_TYPE. If that line reads 4 DISABLED, you have the 1058 problem whatever message the launcher printed.

The install and startup repair, in BattlEye’s order

BattlEye’s FAQ gives one procedure for five messages: “Failed to install BattlEye Service”, “BattlEye Service installation failed”, “Failed to start BattlEye Service”, “BattlEye Service startup failed” and “Failed to initialize BattlEye Service”. A launcher stuck at “Starting BattlEye Service…” points back to the same entry. Rockstar’s 1072 article and Epic’s (4, 50000005) article repeat it almost line for line. Do the steps in order and launch the game after each one.

1. Add security exceptions. BattlEye names two targets: BEService.exe and BEService_x64.exe in the game’s BattlEye folder, and the whole C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye folder. In Windows Security that is Virus & threat protection > Manage settings > Add or remove exclusions, and Microsoft calls an exclusion safer than turning protection off. Rockstar warns that AVG and Trend Micro may still block GTA Online with BattlEye excluded, and its suggestion there is to disable them temporarily or use another antivirus.
2. Delete the BE Service folder. BattlEye says a permission problem in that folder causes the same errors. Delete C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye and launch the game; the launcher installs a fresh copy.
3. Run the BE Launcher as administrator. Right-click the executable ending in _BE in the game folder, choose Properties, open the Compatibility tab, tick Run this program as an administrator and click OK. BattlEye says this normally happens automatically.
4. Make sure the files are there. BattlEye’s first-install entry says to verify the game’s files in its launcher, and to run the first install from an administrator account or a standard account with UAC enabled, so the launcher can ask for the rights it needs.
5. “Update failed” first? BattlEye downloads updates before the game starts. Allow the BE Launcher executable through your firewall without restrictions.
6. Find what is blocking it. BattlEye’s own last word is that unknown software, or a broken Windows, is in the way, and its definitive fix is a repair reinstallation of Windows. I would do two cheaper things before that. A Microsoft clean boot starts Windows without third-party services and startup apps, which tells you whether something you installed is the blocker. Microsoft’s System File Checker, run as DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and then sfc /scannow in an administrator prompt, repairs damaged system files.

For GTA V, Rockstar lists where the game’s BattlEye folder sits by default, which is the folder step 1 needs:

Other games follow the same pattern: the game’s install folder, then BattlEye. BattlEye’s own example is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Destiny 2\battleye.

Failed to start BattlEye Service (1053)

Windows started BEService and waited, and the service never reported back. The Microsoft Q&A user’s Event Viewer had a second line that shows the wait: “A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the BattlEye Service service to connect.” The service sat silent for the whole 30-second window. That suggests something held it.

BattlEye’s own procedure puts security software first, and it is the cheapest suspect, so start with step 1 of the repair. Add the exclusions, delete the Common Files\BattlEye folder and launch again. If 1053 survives both, run the clean boot from step 6. A 1053 that disappears in a clean boot is caused by a third-party program.

Failed to start BattlEye Service (1058)

This one is mechanical. Windows will not start a service whose startup type is Disabled, and 1058 is Windows saying so. Confirm it with sc qc BEService; the START_TYPE line reads 4 DISABLED.

Do not “fix” it by setting the service to Automatic. BattlEye is built to start with the game and stop afterwards, so a service that starts at every boot is not its design. Remove the broken registration and let the launcher make a new one:

1. Open Command Prompt as administrator and run sc delete BEService. This is BattlEye’s own uninstall command.
2. Restart the PC.
3. Launch the game through its _BE launcher, which installs the service again.

Then find what disabled it, because it will do it again. BattlEye’s FAQ gives no reason a game would disable its own service. Tweak and debloat tools change service start types in bulk; the Windows 11 debloat guide covers what the two big scripts change. Check any “services optimizer” you have run.

Driver Load Error (1072)

1072 means Windows already holds a BEService that has been marked for deletion. Microsoft’s DeleteService documentation says the entry stays until every open handle to the service is closed and the service has stopped, and that if it cannot be stopped, “the database entry is removed when the system is restarted.” Until then, nothing can install a new one under the same name.

So restart first. Choose Restart, not Shut down. With Fast Startup on, Microsoft documents that a shutdown saves the kernel memory image, loaded drivers included, to Hiberfil.sys and loads it back at the next start. Microsoft’s fast startup troubleshooting article says “The Fast Startup setting doesn’t apply to Restart,” and that a restart still performs a full boot cycle. That article is written for Windows 10; I would assume the same on Windows 11 and pick Restart either way.

After the restart, Rockstar’s 1072 article for GTA Online and Red Dead Online is the generic repair: exclude the game’s BattlEye folder in your antivirus, delete C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye, relaunch, and run the BE Launcher as administrator.

Driver Load Error (1450)

BattlEye’s FAQ has no entry for 1450. Microsoft’s meaning is that Windows did not have enough of a system resource to finish the request, and for BattlEye the request is loading its kernel driver.

Restart the PC first. If 1450 comes back right after a fresh restart, something that loads with Windows is holding the resource, and the clean boot from step 6 is the way to find it. Hardware monitoring and RGB utilities that load their own drivers are where I would look first, because BattlEye’s FAQ already blocks some of that category for using drivers with known security issues (side effects).

Driver Load Error (1275) and Hardware-enforced Stack Protection

This is the only bracketed code BattlEye fully explains. With error 1275, Windows also shows a popup saying BEDaisy.sys cannot be loaded because of “Hardware-enforced Stack Protection”. The feature’s full name in Windows Security is Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection.

BattlEye’s FAQ entry, which carries no date, says Microsoft started asking Windows 11 users to enable it, that BattlEye has since fixed its side, and that “the latest Windows 11 is still blocking any version of our driver whenever this feature is enabled.” It says it is waiting for a Windows update to unblock the driver. Until then, BattlEye gives two ways back:

• Click Disable in the Windows popup and reboot.
• Open Start, search “Core isolation”, switch Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection to Off and reboot.

On security, the two vendors disagree, and you should hear both. BattlEye says turning it off does not lower your security compared to before, because it is a new feature that was not on previously. Microsoft’s Learn page on the feature, filed under Windows Server 2025 but listing “Windows 11 2022 update or newer” as its first prerequisite, says it is off by default and that disabling it “downgrades the security of your device”, and that you can turn it back on in Windows Security at any time. Microsoft’s consumer Device Security help page describes the same On/Off toggle. The Learn page also lists the prerequisites: Intel CET or AMD shadow-stack hardware, and virtualization-based security with Memory Integrity enabled.

That last point is why I would switch off this one toggle and leave Memory Integrity alone. BattlEye’s 1275 entry names stack protection and says nothing against Memory Integrity. Whether to keep Memory Integrity on is a separate decision with its own trade-offs, covered in Memory Integrity on or off.

I read BattlEye’s entry on 2026-10-02 and cannot tell from it whether a Windows update has since unblocked the driver. The test is simple. If your BattlEye game launches with the toggle on, it has.

Kernel Debugging, Test-Signing and “Kernel modification detected”

Three launch errors are about how Windows itself was started.

Read this before any command in this section. Microsoft’s BCDEdit pages warn that changing boot options “could render your computer inoperable”, and that you might need to suspend BitLocker and Secure Boot before setting them. If your drive uses BitLocker or device encryption, have the 48-digit recovery key in hand before you touch boot settings. Microsoft lists where it might be, starting with your Microsoft account at aka.ms/myrecoverykey, and says its support staff cannot retrieve, provide or recreate a lost key.

• “Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Windows Test-Signing Mode not supported.” Check first. Microsoft says Windows shows a “Test Mode” watermark in the lower-right corner of the desktop while test-signing is on. If it is there, run Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF in an administrator prompt and restart. BattlEye adds that if a piece of hardware only works with signature enforcement disabled, you should look for a newer driver from its vendor, because BattlEye will not run in test-signing mode at all.
• “Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Kernel Debugging enabled.” Microsoft’s command is bcdedit /debug off, then a restart. BattlEye’s entry links to the same Microsoft page.
• “Windows Kernel modification detected.” BattlEye says this means a cracked Windows or hack software that disabled Windows security features. Its fix is to repair system files and, failing that, reinstall from a legitimate copy of Windows. No setting fixes this one.

In-game kick messages

These arrive after the game is running. Each cause and fix below is from BattlEye’s FAQ unless the row says otherwise.

Two of these deserve more than a row. For Bad Service Version I would delete C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye and let the launcher install a fresh service before considering a Windows reinstall; BattlEye’s description is literally an outdated or broken service. For Corrupted Memory #X, a proper RAM test settles it, and the MEMORY_MANAGEMENT guide walks through running MemTest86 so the result means something.

Side effects BattlEye documents

• Stutter or freezes on every key or mouse press: BattlEye says this is typically malware or adware reloading into the game. Scan the whole system.
• SpeedFan or another hardware tool stops working: BattlEye blocks software that uses kernel drivers with known security issues cheats can exploit. Update the tool or ask its vendor; BattlEye offers no exception.
• Random applications get closed: BattlEye traced this to NVIDIA’s “(Ultra-)Low Latency Mode” and says to set NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D settings > Global Settings > Low Latency Mode to Off. The entry was written about Windows 10 users and carries no date.
• Blue screen with BattlEye enabled: BattlEye says Driver Verifier causes problems with it. Microsoft’s command to clear Driver Verifier is verifier /reset, then a restart. BattlEye’s second step is a BIOS update. Follow your board maker’s own update procedure, and do not cut power or restart while it runs. If the crash names a graphics driver, the GPU driver crash guide is the better path.
• "[INFO] Blocked loading of file" lines in the launcher: BattlEye says these never risk a ban and can be ignored if the game works. If they cause trouble, its checklist starts with a stray d3d9.dll, dxgi.dll or dsound.dll in the game folder, and the SYSTEM account needing full access to the game folder.

GTA V and GTA Online

Rockstar’s support pages add facts BattlEye’s FAQ does not have.

• Story Mode does not need BattlEye. Rockstar says it only needs to be active for online play, and that depending on your platform you can change “the setting or launch option” to disable it for Story Mode. GTA Online needs it.
• “BattlEye is required to play GTA Online. Please restart Grand Theft Auto V to enable BattlEye.” Rockstar gives two causes. Either BattlEye is disabled, which you fix by accepting the restart prompt or ticking the BattlEye checkbox in the Rockstar Games Launcher’s Settings, or you are on a Steam Deck.
• Steam Deck: “Steam Deck does not support BattlEye for GTA Online.” Story Mode works there; GTA Online does not.
• Community RP servers: Rockstar says official Community Servers do not require BattlEye, and their launchers disable it.
• ReShade and Special_K: Rockstar says BattlEye does not work properly with them. The game still launches, but the mods are disabled during play.
• Launcher names: Rockstar’s examples are GTA5_BE and GTA5_Enhanced_BE. Set the one you actually launch to run as administrator.

Rockstar’s pages that I read on 2026-10-02 say nothing about BattlEye kicking players out of GTA V Enhanced mid-session. I have no root cause to give you for that cluster of reports. The verified steps are the ones above, plus the repair procedure and Rockstar’s AVG and Trend Micro warning.

Other BattlEye games

• Destiny 2 and Marathon (Bungie). BattlEye installs when the game updates. Bungie says that if you deny the install, Destiny 2 will not launch, and that uninstalling BattlEye or launching from the install folder instead of Steam, Microsoft PC or the Epic Games Store gives error PLUOT at sign-in. Error PLUM means BattlEye detected a problem that may break Bungie’s terms, and Bungie says PC players should also install the latest Windows update.
• Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft). Error 0-0x00001001 means the connection with BattlEye was lost; Ubisoft says restart the game. Error 2-0x00019008 means BattlEye removed you from the match for inactivity; reconnect.
• War Thunder and Enlisted (Gaijin). Gaijin’s support article reproduces BattlEye’s FAQ, with an Enlisted path as its example folder. The procedures above apply unchanged.
• DayZ and Arma Reforger (Bohemia). Bohemia’s support pages say BattlEye bans are global across BattlEye-protected servers and are handled by BattlEye, not Bohemia, so a ban question goes to BattlEye.
• Fortnite (Epic). Epic’s help center carries BattlEye articles, including the (4, 50000005) install error and the disallowed-program kick in the table above.

Seeing “Easy Anti-Cheat” instead of BattlEye? That is a different service with different fixes, covered in the Easy Anti-Cheat guide.

How to uninstall or reinstall BattlEye cleanly

On Windows, BattlEye’s service is registered under the name BEService. To remove it:

1. Look in the game’s BattlEye folder for Uninstall_BattlEye.bat. BattlEye says many games ship it, and running it removes the BE Service completely.
2. If there is no such file, or the game is already gone, open Command Prompt as administrator and run sc delete BEService. Microsoft’s sc documentation notes that if the service is running or another process has it open, it is only marked for deletion. That is the 1072 state, and a restart finishes the job.

Some games remove BattlEye themselves when you uninstall them, BattlEye notes. To put it back, launch the game through its _BE launcher. If you once declined the install, run Install_BattlEye.bat from the game’s BattlEye folder, which is where BattlEye’s FAQ puts it. Epic’s Fortnite article points to the Common Files\BattlEye folder for that file instead, so check both if one is missing it.

What not to do

• Do not set BEService to Automatic. BattlEye runs with the game and stops afterwards. A Disabled service is the fault; Automatic is not the cure.
• Do not turn your antivirus off as the fix. Add the two exclusions BattlEye names. Rockstar’s AVG and Trend Micro note is the narrow exception, and even there it says “temporarily”.
• Do not paste bcdedit commands you have not checked you need. Look for the Test Mode watermark first, have the BitLocker key ready, and change one option at a time.
• Do not trust a blog’s meaning for a “(4, …)” install code. No BattlEye or publisher page I found documents one. Run the install procedure.
• Do not reach for a driver-updater utility. None of BattlEye’s, Rockstar’s or Epic’s fixes needs one. Epic’s article says to update drivers, and the GPU maker’s own download page does that.

Legacy FAQ entries

BattlEye’s FAQ still carries advice written for Windows 7 and early Windows 10 builds. I list it here so you can recognize it and skip it.

• Driver Load Error (577): BattlEye ties it to SHA-2 signature support on Windows 7 and links a Windows 7 update. On Windows 10 or 11 BattlEye has no entry for 577; run the install procedure and the system-file check.
• Corrupted Memory #0: the alternative fix, “updating your Windows 10 to version 2004 or higher”, is advice for an old Windows 10 build. The MSI Dragon Center and MSI SDK advice in the same entry still applies.
• “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file”: BattlEye blames unsupported Windows 10 Insider builds.
• The NVIDIA Low Latency Mode entry describes Windows 10 users and no driver version, so I treat it as old and still worth one check if apps are being closed.

Sources

• BattlEye, FAQ
• Microsoft Learn, System Error Codes 1000-1299
• Microsoft Learn, System Error Codes 1300-1699
• Microsoft Learn, System Error Codes 500-999
• Microsoft Learn, DeleteService function
• Microsoft Learn, sc.exe delete
• Microsoft Learn, sc.exe config
• Microsoft Learn, Distinguishing fast startup from wake-from-hibernation
• Microsoft Learn, Fast startup causes hibernation or shutdown to fail (KB 3211190)
• Microsoft Learn, Kernel Mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection
• Microsoft Support, Device Security in the Windows Security app
• Microsoft Learn, BCDEdit /debug
• Microsoft Learn, Enable loading of test-signed drivers
• Microsoft Learn, BCDEdit /set
• Microsoft Learn, Driver Verifier
• Microsoft Support, Find your BitLocker recovery key
• Microsoft Support, Virus and threat protection in the Windows Security app
• Microsoft Support, How to perform a clean boot in Windows
• Microsoft Support, Use the System File Checker tool
• Microsoft Q&A, Unable to play any game using BattlEye (January 2025)
• Rockstar Games Support, Driver Load Error (1072)
• Rockstar Games Support, Grand Theft Auto Online BattlEye FAQ
• Rockstar Games Support, BattlEye is required to play GTA Online alert screen
• Epic Games Support, Failed to install BattlEye Service (4, 50000005)
• Epic Games Support, Disallowed Program Kick
• Bungie, BattlEye Anti-Cheat Support Guide
• Bungie, Error Code PLUM
• Ubisoft Help, Information about BattlEye anti-cheat
• Ubisoft Help, Error code 0-0x00001001 in Rainbow Six Siege
• Ubisoft Help, Error code 2-0x00019008 in Rainbow Six Siege
• Gaijin Support, BattlEye anti-cheat troubleshooting
• Bohemia Interactive, Arma Reforger support
• Bohemia Interactive, DayZ support