battlefield1942 start up problem

[guitar27]

I have been reading about other peoples problems and used the search to try to fix mine but it seems to not work. I installed my backup copy of battlefield 1942 and put the crack and patch on. i can get into the game and click start for a level and when it is loading it kicks me back to my desktop about 3 quarters of the way through with no error message. i read that some people think it has to do with the sound card. But i have tried everything from changing the acceleration settings to disableing the sound card all together but i still have the same problem. if anyone has any idea how i can fix this and can let me know i would really appreciate it.