Problem with installing the Intel HD Graphics driver on Windows Vista Extended Kernel

[John123]

Hello. Could someone please help me?

I have installed the Windows Vista Extended Kernel (10262021) and then I updated to the latest version (03092023). At first i was struggling to get the softwares working (such as Firefox 115) then I found out about the ofver file and it's working fine now. However i still can't get the video drivers to work, so some software such as OBS 26.0.2 won't run. I have a partition where i installed Windows 7 and I use the Intel HD Graphics 4000 on it. At first i tried simply installing the same driver there, but it say it's not compatible. Then I have tried the "Modified Intel HD Driver, version 9.17" but it has no installer, I tried installing manually on the Device Manager, but it keeps saying that the "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" is the most up to date.

What am i doing wrong?

I have an Optiplex 7010 with processor Intel i5-3470

Thanks in advance!

[D.Draker]

Intel i5-3470 is the oldish Ivy Bridge, officially supported by Intel. The video driver ain't no need any Windows Vista Extended Kernel.

[D.Draker]

13 hours ago, John123 said:

I have installed the Windows Vista Extended Kernel (10262021)

Windows Vista Extended Kernel is no longer developed, at least from what we see here. It's now 2025, 2021 is long gone, and you won't be able to run new software on it anyways.

For example, you would only be able to run Chrome from 2 years ago, do you really need that?

That said, I deeply regret it stopped updating!

 

[John123]

27 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

Windows Vista Extended Kernel is no longer developed, at least from what we see here. It's now 2025, 2021 is long gone, and you won't be able to run new software on it anyways.

For example, you would only be able to run Chrome from 2 years ago, do you really need that?

That said, I deeply regret it stopped updating!

 

Thank you for letting me know! Do you know what people use now days to run newer software in Vista? I though the Extended Kernel was the best option.

[John123]

36 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

Intel i5-3470 is the oldish Ivy Bridge, officially supported by Intel. The video driver ain't no need any Windows Vista Extended Kernel.

Do you know specifically where i can get a graphic drive that is compatible with Windows Vista? I could not find any on their official site

[D.Draker]

I assume you already tried those?

There were links given across the forum already, the official drivers shouldn't be hard to find.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182659-can-someone-help-me-with-intel-hd-2500-drivers/#findComment-1204233

 

[D.Draker]

12 hours ago, John123 said:

Thank you for letting me know! Do you know what people use now days to run newer software in Vista? 

You're welcome, I still use parts of it in portable mode, but I never install it per se.

Anything Haswell and up will only give you headaches with Vista x64.

[D.Draker]

12 hours ago, John123 said:

I though the Extended Kernel was the best option.

It was, up until the end of 2022. Some games still need it.

[D.Draker]

12 hours ago, John123 said:

I could not find any on their official site

Use archive org,! Intel simply deletes old drivers from time to time, and those will soon be 15 years old. So use archived pages.

[Karla Sleutel]

19 hours ago, D.Draker said:

For example, you would only be able to run Chrome from 2 years ago, do you really need that?

Right, the last Chrome that works is 109, exactly two years ago. Just like in Windows 7.

[John123]

12 hours ago, D.Draker said:

I assume you already tried those?

There were links given across the forum already, the official drivers shouldn't be hard to find.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182659-can-someone-help-me-with-intel-hd-2500-drivers/#findComment-1204233

 

I tried it, but the same problem happened

[John123]

I`m very sorry, i realized it was a different error now. Googling for it i found this: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000059389/graphics.html
And now it works perfectly! Thank you so much D.Draker, that version you sent worked

[D.Draker]

22 hours ago, John123 said:

Thank you so much D.Draker, that version you sent worked

You're welcome, enjoy! Tag me if you need anything.