I had issues with Sandra Home 2007 doing that. Though I didn't do an
upgrade, I did a new install.
I assume you applied the 1.10 patch, maybe for giggles, you could install
just BF2142 and see if it runs before applying the 1.10 patch.
Also, instead of using the desktop icon, you look in game explorer and run
it or go directly to the install folder on your hard drive and run it.
You might also consider cleaning up your registry once you un-install the
game. If BF2142 is the only game you have installed or the only EA game, I
would delete the whole EA key, else you can drill down to the BF2142 key and
delete whatever you see there
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2142, then
reboot
When you re-install, try re-installing to a different directory or even hard
drive, for good measure.
Hope this helps or at least get you a little farther
"Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using a Nvidia 6800 with the vista drivers. I also did the upgrade
>from
> XP to vista. BF2142 wouldn't run or do anything, so I followed EA's
> directions to do a complete manual "uninstall" for the program, then
> re-installed the program.
>
> I do not get any error messages or dialogue boxes. The program simply
> doesn't do anything, other than start up EA Link.
>
> "Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" wrote:
>
>> I guess the next questions are, are you using a nVidia card, Do you have
>> the
>> Vista release of the Video card drivers for your card versus the drivers
>> that came with vista. I was able to get my 6800GT to work with BF2 during
>> the RC phase. I would expect you would at least be able to get the game
>> to
>> load
>>
>> When you say do a manual un-install, does that mean you upgraded from XP,
>> versus a fresh install of Vista ?
>>
>> When you say, won't run at all, what errors do you get ? Or does BF2142
>> never do anything ?
>>
>> "Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news
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>> >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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>