Good news! I dont know which of all the things that i tried did it, but it
now runs again. I have it set to run as administrator in windows xp sp2
compatability mode, i have renamed the movies folder so it is not read, and i
disabled the UAC (User account control). Somewhere in all this, the game
worked again. Hope this helps.

"Adam" wrote:

> I can't get 2142 to run at all. I don't even make it as far as the splash
> screen. I've tried in Admin mode, and in compatibility mode. Even went so
> far as doing a manual uninstall and reinstalling 2142, but nothing.
>
> "Davide" wrote:
>
> > I confirm that BF2142 playes fine under vista ultimate 32bit. Just tonight
> > gave me the memory error for the first time, and there were UAC active for
> > the first time i've installed the system. Maybe UAC is the problem. Ohhh, i
> > run BF2142 in Administration mode.
> >
> >