I found the fix. 7 days of work came down to this.
1. Go onto this website: http://par.nofate.me/
2. Press select file.
3. Go into 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 1942' and select a file called bf1942.par
4. Press submit, download the new .par file and replace the current one in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 1942'
5. Enjoy 🙂
Broken link. any other suggestions? I had the game working, but did a fresh install of windows, and now it doesn't work anymore. same account, same everything.
