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Intel is really upsetting a lot of people in the market and they are losing face quick. I'm not talking hundreds or thousands, but there are millions of people out there affected by Intel's refusal to release WDDM drivers for the 900 series graphics chips. I find it hard to believe these chipsets are not capable of support WDDM. I have extensive background working with high end technologies and chips setswith companies like Raytheon and HP and I just dont see the hardware limitations there that Intel talks about that correctfirmware upgradescouldn't correct and make compatible. I am currently the Asst Director of Information Technology with a company supporting over 9200+ users based all over the country.

Our IT commitment is to refield computers after 2 years of service. We have been very loyal with IBM/Intel for many yearsand we have hundreds of thousands of dollars in laptop purchases invested. We have started integratingWindows Vista onto our networks, but because of the refusal of correct drivers for Vista for Intel 900 chip sets, we are moving to new vendors that supports AMD technologies. We are quite disgusted by Intel's action or inaction for that matter regarding this issue. I dont know how many other companies, on top of the individual users, there are out there making the same decisions, even today, but the decisions made today will carry through tomorrow and people dont forget easilly. I can only imagine that many other companies will soon make atransition like we did.

Any search on the net will yield people complaining about this subject in great detail with no responses from Intel, further promoting the look and feel of bad customer service practices in the eyes of it's potential buyers. OK, guys, here's the deal.

There's 'Vista Ready' and 'Vista Premium Capable'. Microsoft decides which is which: The 915 graphics chip is 'Vista Ready'.

It runs Vista just fine. It is NOT 'Vista Premium Ready'. From the above Microsoft site: Some Windows Vista Capable PCs have been designated Premium Ready. These PCs will provide an even better Windows Vista experience, including the Windows Aero user experience. Features available in specific premium editions of Windows Vista, such as the ability to watch and record live TV, may require additional hardware. Well, some people think so, and have brought a lawsuit against Microsoft for this exact issue: In fact, since that lawsuit, Microsoft has gone back and made a change to that paragraph I quoted.

Read about what it used to say: So. To everyone who bought a laptop with Intel 915 graphics, because it was labelled 'Vista Ready', you were NOT deceived.

It IS 'Vista Ready'. It runs Vista just fine.

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If you somehow thought that 'Vista Ready' meant that you could run the cool 3D tab flipper, and the fancy 'Aero Glass' high end 3D interface, you were wrong. I'm sorry you didn't understand what you were getting when you bought a system with an old, low end, legacy graphics chip. I'm sorry the Microsoft marketing material and logo labels confused you.

I wish none of us had to deal with this. Is Intel ever going to release a 'beta'/unofficial driver for 915 graphics?

I'm not the 'official' person to answer this, but I'd say 'no'. Because it's an old, low end, 'legacy' part. There aren't any people at Intel dedicated to writing new drivers for this part. Intel laid off 10% of its workforce last year - 10,000 people. Ten thousand.

The rest of us that are left are trying to get all the work done. Obviously, we can't do the same amount of work.

Some things have to get dropped. Decisions have to be made about what projects are going to happen, and which ones are going to get cut. Like I said, I'm not the 'official' person to say, but my guess is that there just aren't people sitting around, collecting a paycheck, that could be thrown at writing an unofficial 'beta' driver. Wouldn't it cool i f it happened? Would Intel like to do it if we had the resources? But we live in the same reality that you do, and we have to make our budget balance just like you do.

We can't always do everything that we'd like to do. I hope this serves as a 'final word' on this discussion.

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If you have more questions, please do continue to discuss it here, email me, whatever. But I'm hiding anything or holding anything back - I've laid it all out on the line, here, and I hope it helps you guys understand. And if I could buy everyone a drink to make you feel better, or a brand new 'Vista Premium Ready' computer to run the Vista eye-candy, I would. But there's that whole 'reality' thing.

Original Title: Graphic Card not supported? Hi everyone, I'm currently using a old laptop having Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family, and I installed Windows 7 Ultimate without any issues. Get Windows 10 app used to show that it wasn't fully compatible till 5th June but on the 6th June I found that check your PC says its a critical issue and Windows 10 can't be installed. I hope that my laptop would be able to run Window 10. Device Key: PCI VEN8086&DEV2792&SUBSYS12DA10CF&REV04.

Nothing wrong with old hardware! I have four Eee PC's which all have the Intel 915GM - and they were produced in 2008 and 2009 so 915gm was still being used only 6 or 7 years ago. I successfully upgraded one of them to Windows 7 (it had run XP previously) on a larger ssd drive - it installed like dream and Windows downloaded all the necessary drivers - the only one missing was the ACPI driver and that was available elsewhere. Anyway my Eee PC has had the same compatibility message as yours about 915gm. I haven't tried to upgrade to Windows 10 but I had read of someone upgrading an Asus 1000H to Windows 10 successfully and that also has 915GM. Our other netbook - much more modern does not have any incompatibilities highlighted but the upgrade to Windows 10 was unsuccessful as there is no graphics driver for it. Intel only made it to run with Windows 7 and nothing else (this is a more modern Cedarview processor only about 3 years old).

So age isn't necessarily the issue. If you want to try upgrading it I would do the following, Make back up of all your personal files - eg documents, music, videos, photos, downloads - on a portable hard drive or large usb sticks. Make sure you have made recovery discs (via Windows 7 backup and restore) and a system image (also made via Windows 7 back up and restore - you'll need a portable hard drive to make the image). Ideally you also need Manufacturer recovery discs or a Windows 7 disc with product code for a clean install (in case the system image won't restore for some reason). Only then would I try upgrading to Windows 10. Intel have not made an upgraded driver for 915GM for Windows 10.

There may be one available somewhere if you google 915gm - Windows 10, that other people have found. If you don't fancy manually installing a driver, I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade - Windows 7 is supported for another few years and I prefer it in many ways. Ps - Have a look at this - Windows 10 supports the graphics apparently - but make sure you do lots of backups before trying.

On the other hand - the Windows 10 forum reckons it can't be done - no graphics driver. So it sounds like either you would need to find a driver someone has modded (a long shot), replace the graphics card maybe or just stick with Windows 7. It might be that the lillupting guy installed it but didn't try to run video on it.

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Ps - Have a look at this - Windows 10 supports the graphics apparently - but make sure you do lots of backups before trying. On the other hand - the Windows 10 forum reckons it can't be done - no graphics driver. So it sounds like either you would need to find a driver someone has modded (a long shot), replace the graphics card maybe or just stick with Windows 7. It might be that the lillupting guy installed it but didn't try to run video on it. I just thought I'd relate my similar experience with my older model HP Compaq running Intel 910/915GM Graphics Driver for Windows 7. I too was given a failing grade for the Win 10 upgrade on this particular laptop. What changed was I needed to reinstall Windows 7 because of a file system corruption issue.

I inadvertently messed up the installation of the Video Drivers and before I had a chance to correct the error the Windows 10 compatibility software gave the laptop a passing grade. I ran the upgrade using the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter in place of the Intel drivers and everything has checked out fine so far. As a matter of fact I only realized I couldn't install the Intel Windows 7 drivers after the fact which was how I came to view these particular posts. Hope this helps.

The Hardware was still being used much later than a decade ago. Our Son's Fizzbook Spin was manufactured in 2009. We bought it new in 2014. I believe it has been used in some newer Asus netbooks as well. This post tells you which Windows updates to uninstall to remove the Windows 10 Icon.

Then set Windows updates to 'notify me before downloading' or whatever it says (rather than automatic) and when they reappear under 'recommended updates' - hide them. Always check Recommended updates and find out what they are before installing any, but if you do accidentally install one that brings the Windows 10 icon again, remove it again from that list. Worked for me.