Question Arma 2 crashes to desktop after passing ads before loading the main menu. Help !

doomfan

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Hello. I have problem with Arma 2 (Armed Assault 2) game like in tittle of this thread. Arma 2 crashes to desktop after passing ads ("Bohemia Interactive presents", next "ARMA2" and later again "Bohemia Interactive something bla bla bla") before loading the main menu. I was trying already to install different graphics driver versions for my graphics card wchich is NVIDIA Quadro M2000 4 GB VRAM but it's still the same. I was trying to run this game too in compability mode with Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - it's still the same. Additionally I was trying too to run this game as administrator, it's still the same. I was trying to run this game too in compability mode with "disable fullscreen optimizations" option, still the same. I added too to shorcut to arma2.exe file "-winxp" parameter, still the same. I entered too C:\Users\User name\Documents\ArmA 2\" location and I was trying too edit by Notepad different parameters included in ArmA2.cfg file, still no luck. Finally I tried to delete completely this ArmA2 folder in "C:\Users\User name\Documents\" location, still no luck. I tried to delete completely too ArmA 2 folder in "C:\Users\User name\AppData\Local\" location, still no luck. I installed to OpenAL and Rapture 3D, still the same. Besides I installed different DirectX packages, VC redist versions, NET Framework versions, still the same. I don't know already what else I could to do to run this game. My PC has not overclocked components like CPU, GPU, RAM, etc. - all components are on default clocks and voltages. Below is the full specification of my PC:

Model: HP Z440
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 3.6 GHz
RAM: 32 GB DDR4-2400 (2 x Samsung M939A2K40CB1-CRC 16 GB DDR4-2400)
MB: Hewlett-Packard 212B, wersja BIOS/UEFI M60 v02,62, original from this model
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000 4 GB DDR5 VRAM
PSU: original for this model, 700W
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 22H2 64-bit

Thank you in advance for any help and advice.
 
PSU: original for this model, 700W
So the PSU was never replaced? That would put the PSU at 11 years old.

I have problem with Arma 2
Where did you source the installer for the game?

I was trying already to install different graphics driver versions for my graphics card wchich is NVIDIA Quadro M2000 4 GB VRAM but it's still the same.
Using DDU to remove all GPU drivers(Intel, AMD and Nvidia) in Safe Mode, then manually installing the latest GPU driver sourced from Nvidia's support site?