I have a somewhat similar problem. I bought a bargain (leaked) copy of BF 1942, installed and ran it with no problems. Liked the game, so I followed up by buying a legit copy at about 3 times the price of the chinese one.
I've had nothing but shit ever since. The thing won't uninstall properly (yes, I did clean out the previous install thoroughly), and it flatly refuses to allow certain folders to be deleted. So I reinstalled XP, which solved the problem, albeit rather drastically. The 1.6 patch worked the first time I installed it ... and never again. And, guess what? The son-of-a-bitch-born-bastard game wouldn't uninstall again.
Finally got it cleaned out - and am now happily playing with the chinese copy - which gives no problems.
Dipshit coders ...
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