Try to download this Direct X Online installer from Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Download/confirmation.aspx?id=35
And check that you have the current version. If you don't, the installer will update it, if you have the current version it will tell you that you don't need to do anything.
If i Helped please give me xp.
Yeah this is not that simple of a solution, I will list the troubleshooting I've done in regards to 2042.
Reinstalled game and EA app twice.
Completely removed all mention of EA app/2042/and Origin from all drives.
DDU to remove game ready drivers provided with Nvidia Experience and reinstalled Game Ready Driver with a clean installation.
Mem test
SFC Scan
Updated BIOS
Updated Windows
Updated all drivers related to hardware and software
Cloned OS drive and moved the windows installation to a different drive.
Backed up registry and manipulated Cryptography settings in microsoft before having to do a system restore.
Ran a Benchmark on 4090,
Ran a Benchmark on 13900K
Turned off XMP
Turned on debug mode for 4090
Removed and/or turned off all game overlays.
Made exceptions with all anti-virus
Disabled all anti-virus
Ran as administrator
Updated DirectX, Direct X3D, x86/x64
Deleted Local AppData
Reinstalled Microsoft C++
When I say I've tried most if not all solutions just to play this one game, I'm being serious. There are some things I haven't done sure. But the more things I try the less willing I am to care. Every other game I play works flawlessly, why would I continue to put my computer through BSOD after BSOD or just wait for this game to crash to desktop just so I can play a game filled with bots? Maybe this will get the attention of someone who actually does something at EA, or DICE and they'll make the decision not to be half-assed when it comes to development the next time around and actually implement proper PC related optimization that doesn't break their game every few months when a driver comes out.
And haven't you got the idea that a Windows update might have been faulty and that's why you're having problems with the game? I personally disable automatic updates in Windows 10 and manually install only the ones I read are ok, and since Windows 11 is here I don't update my system at all, because I know from experience that s Windows is improved and fixed until a newer Windows is released, then older Windows (currently Windows 10) is gradually slowed down in the name of the latest Windows 11 (to make the propaganda of the success of the new Windows work better and encourage people to move to the latest Windows , I have noticed the same thing with Android or Graphics drivers) I have had a version of Windows for over 1.5 years without an update and everything works ok
Why do I mention this? When I was studying, there was a case where everyone (those who had auto update only) suddenly stopped working CAD programs like Inventor because of a faulty patch. Maybe that's also the reason you're having problems with BF2042 now? I'm not defending EA, but Windows plays tricks too. As you've gone to such lengths with everything you listed in post #3, why not try downloading the latest Windows Iso image, install it from scratch (format the system partition, then install Windows) and disable auto update with Windows Update Blocker V 1.6 or newer and see if everything is ok ? also download the motherboard and graphics drivers from the manufacturer's website and save them on some other partition than the C partition, so that after the format you can install them offline (the manufacturer's drivers are better than those from Win Update, which are supposedly also drivers from the manufacturer :P)
I used to clone Windows on my old PC, where I didn't want to format Windows 10 on HDD & install Windows on SSD so I cloned it to an SSD and hid the C partition on the HDD (so that the two Windows 10's wouldn't see each other, because as you know, they 'bite' each other and then repair each other via check disc. The NTFS partition has a lot of filesystem files distribution and Windows itself a lot of boot time files with the beginning in the name of $, which do not necessarily clone (copy) correctly , what I'm getting at in this post, and that is that after cloning Windows I had various errors in the form of blue screens, because as I mentioned, NTFS files strictly, and Windows files (which Windows itself has the right to access) don't clone 100% correctly, Windows will of course boot beautifully to the desktop etc, but with heavier loads I like to get a blue screen because some driver malfunctions etc. After formatting 2 partitions ( System partition on HDD and cloned system partition on SSD) and a clean install of Windows and drivers, the old 2010 PC is back to normal. Also with this cloning in my opinion you just made yourself system stability problems. I don't know at all where the idea of cloning Windows to solve a gaming problem came from. It's cool that you've read a ton of forums to solve the problem, but in my opinion you've just created more problems with Windows after this cloning.
English isn't my 1st language, if are some errors then sorry.
