3 little words: DONT INSTALL IT!
I was happily machine gunning my way thru insurgents when I decided to
check if I had the latest patches. Bad mistake. My copy of Battlefield
2 now wont start! You dont expect this kind of thing from EA but its
becoming increasingly common. Anyway I've completely uninstalled it now
and I'm going back to play World of Warcraft. You can only kill so many
Iraqees before you long for some Orcs etc...