Battlefield 2 won't launch

[SovietGenius]

When I try to launch BF2 the screen goes black for like 3 seconds and then it goes back to the desktop. This is on a new computer. here are it's specs:

1 GB RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 6150 LE
AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200
Windows Vista Home Premium

At first when i got this computer BF2 didn't work, but then it randomly started working (maybe i did something to make it work without realizing). Then I tried to install XP, which didn't work for some reason (nothing would boot). Then I did the recovery thing which came with my computer and restores everything to factory settings. now I cant figure out what made BF2 work. Oh and i looked on the internet, all I could find was some crap about refresh rates which i tried but that didn't help.

[Raptor]

It is most likely refresh rate problem, indeed But try removing your profiles so the game can create them.

[SovietGenius]

I don't see how it's a refresh rate problem because my monitor is always set to 60 hz. Also, I tried to delete the profiles and nothing changed.

[GX1_Man]

Tried to delete or did delete?

[Raptor]

I don't see how it's a refresh rate problem because my monitor is always set to 60 hz. Also, I tried to delete the profiles and nothing changed.

Reinstall, then. There's a tool out there that can force BF2 to use the 60hz refresh rate but I long forgot its name.

[SovietGenius]

Sorry, I meant I did delete it. Also, it turned out to be some directX files missing, I think its because Vista has DX10 and BF2 was made for DX9 

[Raptor]

Well I never tried to make it work on Vista, I saw a lot of people have problems with it.

[CBMatt]

Sorry, I meant I did delete it. Also, it turned out to be some directX files missing, I think its because Vista has DX10 and BF2 was made for DX9 

Keep in mind that Vista is still having a fair amount of compatibility issues.