Problems with COD2 on Vista? This is normal, the OS was not yet out of this excellent FPS. We will see some changes to enjoy this album Call Of Duty.

Installation and patch

To begin, it is preferable to install COD2 on as an administrator.

Then it is necessary to install the patch V1.3

Call of Duty 2 patch V1.3

Configuration of DirectX 10

Then there is a conflict between the game and DirectX 10.

To solve it, start the game and in options, choose DirectX 7, as preferred method of return.

Indeed there is also a bug with DirectX 9 and antialiaising under vista.
If disabling this the game does not start, choose DirectX 7.

Multiplayer Mode

Finally, to play multiplayer on Vista, it is imperative to do this for fear of crashing:

Panel => sound => Registration => activate all the recording device.

On XP, no problems.