i have windows vista home basic and i REALLY want to be able to games like half life 2,TF2 etc etc but my graphics card is from intel
and everytime i try to use the intel® driver update utility it freezes the whole window and never continues so it cant find an update for me and i cant get and update without it so can someone please help me
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You don't need to use the "update utility." Read the info page for the utility and it will tell you that
a. you can use a manual download and
b. your computer manufacturer's website probably has the right driver for you (probably a better one than on the intel site)
http://www.intel.com/support/detect.htm
But before you update and then find that your game still doesn't work, check the system requirements for your game, and then check your PC statistics to see if yours measures up. Most Vista PCs come with 128 MB of graphics memory on an integrated adapter, and an available PCIe x16 slot for graphics upgrades.
Intel Driver Update Utility Failed
Just updating the driver will not increase the performance of the graphics card. If it is a 64 MB card it is always going to be a 64 MB card. I suspect you need to buy some hardware. Purchase a new graphics card for your machine.
Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.pcboostcleaner.com/
It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.
Is this an Intel motherboard? If so, go to Intel and look up your motherboard and you should be able to download the right drivers. I bet anything it is due to the fact what you are trying to download is not the right drivers.