Call of Duty 2 and the v1.5 patch -- Private Server is broken!

[*Baldy*]

We've all waited for the patch which now offers Punkbuster anti-cheat. However, I've noticed a problem with the official patch and the current "Private Server" patch. Simply stated, once you apply the official patch, the Private Server function will no longer work as the program checks for the same version number in a registry entry. And since the Private Server patch was built on the original version 1.0 of the program, attempting to run the Private Server will now find a version 1.5 entry in the registry.

Under the original Call of Duty (not CoD2), I'm almost positive that one could apply official patches to the genuine game files for online play and continue to be able to use the Private Server game file when desired even though the Private Server game file was built around an earlier different version of the game.

Apparently this new registry version check means that any patched game file must conform to the version listed in the registry. I've tried temporarily changing the registry entry from v1.5 to v1.0 in order to run the Private Server but no joy! Probably some other obscure checks are also being made.

The real solution involves waiting for an updated "Private Server Patch" that is compatible with the official patch v1.5

Anyone else got any ideas?