i will give u some more info when i come back in about 3 hours. i have also tried directx 10. installed patches for call of duty2, v1.3. i have installed lastest drivers, reinstalled vista and i am think of install xp, to see if it works.
Ya, I installed cod2 on my uncles computer which has premium.. and it went fine.. just had to put up with the stupid accept/or deny crap about 6 times.