Battlefield 2142 error?

[Fast_La7me]

hello , im having the same problem well actually the game was running fine before i patch it to 1.5 and after i installed the patch and i tried to run the game but it gives me an error to insert a CD so i downloaded several NoCD cracks and now it crashes and give me this error report "BF2142.EXE has encountered a problem and needs to close.We are sorry for the inconvenience".
I tried to reinstall directX and also tried few cracks but still same problem. how can i fix it?

[TippeX]

happens when using original exe and original disk?

[Fast_La7me]

well when i use my original CD crack it says that i need to insert a CD so i downloaded some cracks and when i try to run the game it gives me the error report

[[Psych]]

Does the fix match your version of the game? If so, it could range from anything from missing runtimes (C++ etc), outdated graphics drivers, a corrupt install, even a bad crack.

Also, all this aside, you won't be able to play online (safely) with a crack, not on ranked server anyways, as PB may well freak out over the modified file. Which zeros out most of the point of the game does it not?

[Fast_La7me]

i just repaired the game by reinstalling it but still same problem and i don't know how to check if my graphics drivers are out of date but all i knnow is that the game was working perfectly before the patch and i'm thinking about removing the game completely and then install it without the patch, maybe that's the best way and cannot be fixed, thanks for everyone that helped and if anybody still have some ideas on how to fix it , i appreciate that