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[ShaunOTEast]

Does vanilla BF2 online multplayer work?
Is BF2 updated to 1.5? (It should be since it's an Origin installation).
Can you give us a bit of info regarding system specs?

What is a "system refresh" in this context?

Running Windows 8.1 64 bit
Intel Core i7 4700MQ processor
Nvidia GeForce GT755M graphics card
8.00gb of RAM
oh and its a Lenovo ideapad.

Within this context, I basically reset it back to the way I received it (factory), for various reasons.

On another note, the last time I tried to launch BF2 (it worked many time after I restored) it either CTDed on launch or gave the "memory.dll thread xxxx is deallocating from main thread memory". I have no idea what is going.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Hiya Shaun,
GO to My Documents\Battlefield2\ and copy you Profiles folder to a backup location of your choice,
Remember your account information (usernames/passwords) , write it down somewhere.
delete the \My Documents\Battlefield2 folder.
start vanilla bf2.

on the BF2 shortcut on the desktop, make a copy of the shortcut, then in the new shortcut... right click, properties
target line should be like this.. YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THIS TO YOUR BF2 installation directory.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 2 Complete Collection\BF2.exe" +restart 1 +playerName YourCaseSensitivePlayernName +playerPassword YourCaseSensitivePassword

Log in to multiplayer server.
Adjust your audio/video options to your preferences.
shut vanilla bf2.
start PR.

That should fix that problem.

Make sure the Lenovo Ideapad is plugged in, and using "Performance" Power Plan, or download Bitsum ProcessLasso Free x64, and use the "Gaming" Power PLan included. The new Ideapad's use the Intel iGPU when in balanced and powersaver power plans.

[ShaunOTEast]

Doesn't seem to work for me :/
No more mermory.dll error, just simply CTD on launch, black screen for a couple seconds, no splash screen.

EDIT: Issue resolved, turns out, the CTD plus installation issue is related to the fact that there is some type of compatibility issue with the newest stable version of the GT 755M driver (PC somehow does not detect GPU for whatever reason). I updated the drivers to beta version 334.67 and everything seems to have been resolved.