Well there are some patches that can or are messed up. It all depends on where you get them from. I would also not use the Incremental. Instead use the Full patches only.
Here are some tips that I use to install the game. In fact I just recently reinstalled the game on my Laptop after I messed up some system files while fooling around with it.
First I make sure to turn off the UAC. It is a personal preference. It just annoys me.
It omits the need for runniung as admin as well.
I install each item separately. What I mean is that after I install something I restart the computer. So I install the core game then reboot, then patch it, and reboot again, and so on until I have everything installed. What this does is helps makes sure that the install process is finalized and a piece of mind. There have been instances where the install process may still be running in the background and mess things up when starting the next step. This is not always true but has happened to me before. That is why I do this, just to be sure.
Now speaking of the order in which I install, I do this. (Core game, patch 1.40, NS expansion (if you have this), patch 1.40 again (if you installed NS), then patch 1.50 to finilalalala off.
Note: If you do not have NS then just patch the game with 1.40 and 1.50 right afterward. Make sure to reboot between each step.
You obviously know that PB needs to be updated manually after the install and many times throughout the year.
As for where to get the patches you can get them from these links below.
Patch 1.40 (
http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/pat...pdate_1.40.exe)
Patch 1.50 (
http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/pat...pdate_1.50.exe)
The 1.50 was posted on this site. (
EA - ::Battlefield Franchise::) Which uses the Largedownloads site the EA host many of there patches for some games, which is where I got the 1.40 patch as well.
Note: I also have never used any of the compatability modes to run the game. It works fine on Vista and also Windows 7. It should not be needed at all.
