why isn't bf2142 working?

[unwashed potato!]

had this problem for a while now and it's annoying me.

click icon, loading screen pops up, does something, then goes black, then nothing, and if i click the icon to load the game again it doesn't do anything at all.

i have the NS expansion installed didn't work, uninstalle didn't work, i have tried updating the game didn't work, reinstalled the whole thing didn't work.

anyone with any suggestions?

 

[unwashed potato!]

nope, punkbusterA still runs afterwards but bf2142 doesn't, tried ending punkbuster and trying again doesn't work. just noticed when it does the black screen bit to go into the game the resolution changes (like with all games afaik) and a bar at the top, like for all windows open, says not responding for less then a second and then closes.

any ideas?