ok i tried running the bf2 demo on my vista and........................

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#1 footballa27
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it didnt work, i used run as administrator and it still didnt work. my whole computer is up to date also and its drivers.

will it work on the real version of bf2 when u run as administrator?

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#2 Mrnebbie
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What video card do you have and how much ram do you have?
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#4 footballa27
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What video card do you have and how much ram do you have?Mrnebbie

nvidia geforce 6800 ultra, 1 gig of ram

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#5 cobrax25
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what exacly didnt work about it?
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#6 footballa27
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what exacly didnt work about it?cobrax25

the screen went dark for about 2 seconds then it goes back to the desktop, i used run as administrator and it didnt work. i've never played bf2 before and i really want to play this game.

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go to properties and then the compatability tab and switch it to run in "Windoes XP sp. 2" and then run as admin
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#8 footballa27
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go to properties and then the compatability tab and switch it to run in "Windoes XP sp. 2" and then run as admin
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and where do i find properties at?

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#9 wargasm666
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right-click the game icon and it's at the bottom. Then when you go into that there will be a compatability tab, drop down the menu and pick XP
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#10 footballa27
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so

right-click the game icon and it's at the bottom. Then when you go into that there will be a compatability tab, drop down the menu and pick XPwargasm666

so does this mean my whole computer will go to win xp o something?

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#11 cobrax25
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no....just the game itself will run as though its on XP rather then Vista.
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#12 wargasm666
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no....just the game itself will run as though its on XP rather then Vista.cobrax25

Yep, just the game