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well, i have a old pc running windows 2000, i ant seem to find drivers for it, i get an error in the device manager, if anyone knows how to fix this error or know where there are drivers please tell me.

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Sorry the image is in .bmp, it wint let me save as anything else

Thanks

I get an error when installing :

1) Do not choose to run the installer from your browser.  Download and save it, then go there and run it.

2) In Device Manager, uninstall whatever your graphics controller is currently recognized as (something like "VGA adapter" or "PCI VGA adapter").  Reboot and see if that helps.

3) The drivers may have a minimum service pack level requirement.  To see what SP you are on, go to Control Panel, System Properties.  The current and final SP for Windows 2000 is SP4; if you are below that, just go ahead and install it now.  It may solve your problem and you should have it anyway.  You can get it here.

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1) Do not choose to run the installer from your browser.  Download and save it, then go there and run it.

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I saved it and ran it from the desktop

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2) In Device Manager, uninstall whatever your graphics controller is currently recognized as (something like "VGA adapter" or "PCI VGA adapter").  Reboot and see if that helps.

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Just tried that, tthe error still pops up though =/

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3) The drivers may have a minimum service pack level requirement.  To see what SP you are on, go to Control Panel, System Properties.  The current and final SP for Windows 2000 is SP4; if you are below that, just go ahead and install it now.  It may solve your problem and you should have it anyway.  You can get it here.

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I have SP4. It was the first thing i installed.

Try some of the older driver versions from here then.

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Try some of the older driver versions from here then.

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None of them worked, i got the same error on each one

This may seem like a silly question, but probably needs to be asked at this point -- how certain are you that there is no add-on graphics card installed in this computer and you are actually using the onboard graphics?

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This may seem like a silly question, but probably needs to be asked at this point -- how certain are you that there is no add-on graphics card installed in this computer and you are actually using the onboard graphics?

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100%. I have never used a graphics card in this computer. only the onboard one..

Well -- unfortunately, I am almost out of ideas and at this point would suspect something may be wrong with your hardware or Windows installation.

The intended meaning of the error message you get is to inform you that you are not using the Intel chipset graphics and are trying to install the wrong driver.  You seem to be pretty sure about that and probably are getting it for another reason, but I have never encountered it in any other circumstance (and it doesn't look like anyone else has, either -- according to a quick Google search).

A couple more things you can try -- install the most recent DirectX if you don't already have it and try again.  A minimum version of DirectX requirement is not unusual for graphics drivers. You can also install the the Intel INF update, although I don't think that will be helpful in this situation (it should do no harm, however).

It sounds like you have reformatted recently and that is why you need the driver.  It may be worth doing again.  Since you mentioned installing SP4 the first thing, perhaps this time try to not install it until after the graphics drivers.  My usual order would be: Windows, Intel INF update, graphics and other drivers, latest service pack (if not slipstreamed), updates.  It should not matter, though.