Re: If not BSOD, then DirectX Error and crash to desktop.
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.
