BattleField2 Complete Collection W7 will not play

[jht200]

Hi,

I have read the posts and tried all of the little things I can find. How do I fix the Battlefield 2 problem below?

Equipment
-Win 7 GA
-ATI graphics 4200 family
-VIA HD audio using MS HD driver because VIA's drive is not Win 7 ready and there is no update for either
-AMD Dual core 3.0 GHz CPU
-51" projection TV
-4Gb memory

Note: The Section 8 game plays great on above hardware and requires more resources that Battlefield 2


What happens with Battlefield 2
-Launch game from Steam or desktop shortcut and receive the following message, "Account Control - Steam Client Services wants to make changes to the harddrive"
-The above message comes up every time even if I right click on the icon and run as administrator
-EA logo displays with sound over the full screen
-BF2 introduction plays and I press escape
-Game returns to desktop when I select Multiplayer or Single player


What I have done so far to fix Battlefield 2
-Installed without problems
-changed video to 800x600@29Hz (my TV) in profiles/default directory, 00001 directory did not exist
-change one thing at a time under program properties/compatibility and tried to start program each time (lower resolution, disable desktop composition, run as administrator, and other stuff just for kicks and grins)
-Deleted the game, deleted the directory under steam/steamapps, deleted the directory under mydocuments, removed the Registry keys
-reinstalled

[d10sfan]

Try turning uac off completely. Also, try running it in compatibility mode for windows xp. It works for me on win7 64 but I have uac turned off.

[Shiwa]

hmm wierd
i have w7 32bit and i works without any tweaking

[QuackPot]

Is punkbuster updated?

Edit: I had problems with BF2 years ago and a motherboad driver helped solve the problem. Just make sure every driver is the latest.

[Kasa5829]

Can you get into the audio tab?

[jht200]

No, I am unable to get into any tabs.

[jht200]

I tried turning uac off on my 64 bit Windows 7 and it had no affect.

[bigsnake]

It is a bug with the 1.50 patch, no one has been able to fix it so they had to go back down to 1.40.

I dunno if you can downgrade the Steam BF2 though, I will have to buy it and see (Havn't played the game for a good few years now)

[Spd2Last]

Try performing a bit of maintenance work:
Install latest drivers for video card, sound card, and other components.
Install the latest version of DirectX: Download here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3)
Install the latest Windows updates.
Not sure if BF2 uses Visual C++, but several other games and apps do: Download here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2)

Once you've completed all that, restart your computer and give it a try.

Edit: I have the complete BF2 pack from Steam, run Win7 Pro x64, and have no problems.

[Esbern9]

I'm installing the game right now and it said the game hadn't been tested on 64-bit...