Hi, Well im here because i also removed error reporting and probably something else as well that causes the issue im having. BF2 used to work on the full install of vista only when "run in xp sp2 mode" was enabled under the Compatibility tab. Ive checked for everything else, gfx drivers, directx, patches etc they are all up to date. I followed the instructions as stated by legolash2o but in no way do i get the compatibility tab back. Attached is a screen shot as to how far i have got (or not). Ive searched for other topics etc about this but yeah ..zip. I'm not really in the mood to make another vlite vista (this one is 2 days old) and then do a reinstall so I'm hoping I've made a "stupid' mistake or overlooked something and that one of you can point me in the right direction ? Oh yeah, the component fixer straight away showed me that the wer.dll was already present, so i rebooted and rechecked... same deal, no "com tab". I then copied the one in the component fixer folder (yes the x86 one) into system32 folder, but that gave no changes. To date I only need the compatibility tab for BF2 as everything else i use runs fine on vista, so if there is some other way I'm also interested. Thx and am looking forward to any reply on this, p.s BF2 = Battlefield 2 (just in case)