Battlefield 1942 wont launch problem.

After trying most of the fixes known I have seem to have found a way to fix this issue, it has been tested on 2 different setups each with positive results.

Step1: Locate the BF1942.exe in your origin games folder.

Step2: Right click on BF1942.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Set to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) -> Check Run this program as an Administrator

Step3: APPLY

Step4:  Log out of Origin completely.

Step5: Run BF1942.exe. The same thing as always will happen, but after a few seconds the Origin login screen will appear.

Step6: Log in. Wait a few seconds. EA Games... Challenge Everything...

I had the same problem , and did just what you said to do and mine launched BUT the opening EA video ran super slow , and then my system Blue screened .

Erro code #116 , don't remember the exact file it referenced , but it was a nvl file of some type , so I know its NVidia related . I have a fresh install of Win 7 64 bit AMD FX 6100 Six Core CPU 3.30 GHz , 16 GB Ram , 2 nVidia 9500 GT's All drivers are current up to date

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description  Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BIGGRIGG
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7640
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor, 3300 Mhz, 3 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V19.9, 10/8/2012
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name BIGGRIGG\Mike Hendrix
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 13.6 GB
Total Virtual Memory 31.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 29.2 GB
Page File Space 16.0 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Name NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0640&SUBSYS_C9593842&REV_A1\4&4784A6C&0&0058
Adapter Type NVxx, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Drivers nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version 9.18.13.2049
INF File oem5.inf (Section011 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 59 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xF8000000-0xF8FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xBFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF6000000-0xF7FFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000CF80-0x0000CFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 32
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (9.18.13.2049, 10.71 MB (11,235,104 bytes), 9/10/2013 6:00 PM)
 
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0640&SUBSYS_C9593842&REV_A1\4&1327A1D7&0&0010
Adapter Type GeForce 9500 GT, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Drivers nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version 9.18.13.2049
INF File oem5.inf (Section011 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xFC000000-0xFCFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFA000000-0xFD0FFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 24
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (9.18.13.2049, 10.71 MB (11,235,104 bytes), 9/10/2013 6:00 PM)