Battlefield 2 crashing

Hey guys. ive recently upgraded my PC and formatted it. and thought id try Bf2 to see how it would run.

anyways. ive installed it and everytime i either click on the audio tab in options or try to load a game

it crashes to desktop with no errors. ive installed the latest patch and that hasnt done the trick.. any ideas? thanks in advance :)

my specs are :

Geforce 7900GToc

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400

2GB DDRII ram

Windows vista ultimate 32bit

so far ive had NO problems on any other game.. and my old PC was fine with this game...

my brother also plays the game fine on his PC

Geforce 8800GTS

Core 2 Duo E6600

2GB DDRII ram

Windows vista ulitimate 32bit

soooooo... any ideas? thank you :)

You need to run Battlefield 2 in administrator mode. Right click - Run as Administrator. I prefer to turn UAC off.rockstarrem

ah! thanks alot man :) ill give it a try ^^

hmm im afraid it didnt work :/ it just blacks the screen and crashes to desktop when audio options clicked on.. and when the game loading reaches 100%

ive also tried running it in compatibility mode.. but that doesnt seem to work either :/

any more ideas? thanks for the suggestions ^^

hmm im afraid it didnt work :/ it just blacks the screen and crashes to desktop when audio options clicked on.. and when the game loading reaches 100%

ive also tried running it in compatibility mode.. but that doesnt seem to work either :/

any more ideas? thanks for the suggestions ^^

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