Error with Battlefield 1942 starting in Windows 7

XP mode??? Ive tired that it dosent play anything that is remotely 3D so dont even bother if you havent tried already. (just incase anybody looks up this post, as I did on google)

Hi MOW_Snowman,

This might be driver issues. Check the latest driver for your Video Card and DirectX graphics card.

Step 1: To identify your Video Card and driver version:

1. Click on the Start and type dxdiag in the field provided.
2. Select dxdiag.exe from the program list.

This opens DirectX Diagnostic Tool loads.

1. Go to display tab.
2. Your video card name and manufacturer name will be listed in the Device section.
3. The version of the driver you have installed should be listed under the Driver box next to the word Version.
4. Visit the manufacturer’s website to download the latest driver for the same.

Keeping your DirectX up-to-date helps eliminate conflicts, as well as helping your games run as well as possible.

**Step 2:**To identify your DirectX version:

1.    Follow the steps 1 and 2 from the above section.

2.    At the bottom of the DirectX Diagnostic Tool window, you should see the following field: DirectX Version: which will list what version you are currently running.

Check http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/aboutGFW/pages/directx.aspx for the latest version of DirectX and update if necessary.

If this still doesn’t work, go to step 3.

**Step 3:**You may try to uninstall and reinstall the driver for the Video Card.

Follow the instructions below to do so:

Here are the steps to uninstall the display drivers from Device Manager:

1)       Open Device Manager by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Device Manager.‌

2)       If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3)       On the Device Manager window, look for the Display adapter and let us know if you see any yellow exclamation mark in front of the Device.

4)       Right click on the Device and select Uninstall.

5)       Re-install the latest driver which you downloaded in the first step from the Manufacturer’s website.

This should help.

Regards,

Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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Ok I tried all 3 of your suggestions.  Here is some of the DXDIAG tests;

System Information

Time of this report: 11/2/2009, 19:34:44

       Machine name: RICKFROST-PC

   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)

           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: System manufacturer

       System Model: System Product Name

               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

             Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM

          Page File: 1393MB used, 6793MB available

        Windows Dir: C:\Windows

    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

  DxDiag Previously: Crashed in system information (stage 4). Re-running DxDiag with "dontskip" command line parameter or choosing not to bypass information gathering when prompted might result in DxDiag successfully obtaining this information

and Display is;

Display Devices

          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

       Manufacturer: NVIDIA

          Chip type: GeForce 8800 GT

           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0611&SUBSYS_C8013842&REV_A2

     Display Memory: 2286 MB

   Dedicated Memory: 495 MB

      Shared Memory: 1791 MB

       Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)

       Monitor Name: SyncMaster 225BW, SyncMaster Magic CX223BW(Digital)

      Monitor Model: SyncMaster

         Monitor Id: SAM0255

        Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz)

        Output Type: DVI

        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver File Version: 8.16.0011.9107 (English)

     Driver Version: 8.16.11.9107

        DDI Version: 10

       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1

  Driver Attributes: Final Retail

   Driver Date/Size: 9/27/2009 15:12:22, 9441384 bytes

        WHQL Logo'd: Yes

    WHQL Date Stamp:

  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4551-11CF-6178-0AE81DC2C535}

          Vendor ID: 0x10DE

          Device ID: 0x0611

          SubSys ID: 0xC8013842

        Revision ID: 0x00A2

 Driver Strong Name: oem4.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section003:8.16.11.9107:pci\ven_10de&dev_0611

     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001

        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

I tried to just attach the dxdiag file but I could not see how.

As I said,  When i select the game, the screen falshes a couple of times, a box appears to open for just a quick second but too fast to see what it says and then back to desktop.

Is there anything else to try?

Thank You

THe game installed with no problems.  When starting the program, the monitor flashes a couple of times them comes back to the desktop.  Call of Duty 4 and WaW all work fine.  I have tried running as administrator and also the different compatibility modes with no luck.  It ran fine on this computer previously with Windows XP-64.  Does anyone have any ideas?