WDDM V1.1 driver for vista 32 - Intel GM965 Mobile Express

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Hi

I am trying to run XNA 4.0 WP7 Emulator. It needs a WDDM1.1 compliant video driver to work.

I installed today the latest driver for my system from Intel. The version is 7.15.0010.1666. Does it support WDDM1.1?

Is there a WDDM 1.1 compliant driver for Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset for Windows VISTA 32? If yes, can someone provide a link?

My system:

HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC

Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 2038MB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1666 (English)

DDI Version: 10

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

Extra info:

Tried to Uninstall / Install everything regarding WPDT, didn't work.

In DirectX Caps Viewer there is an entry for D3D10_FEATURE_LEVEL_10_0

I have Vista SP2 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971644 KB 971644 installed.

In VS 2010 Express for WP, the WP7 Emulator works for Silverlight, although when I added

"Application.Current.Host.Settings.EnableFrameRateCounter = true;"

it did not display any frame rate counters. I suspect hardware acceleration is not working for some reason???

------Starting Rants-----

Rant 1) Please don't tell me to install Windows 7. If I had the money to do that I wouldn't bother trying to find a solution 2 days now

Rant 2) I've been searching forums all day. Haven't seen a single case where someone with Vista was able to work successfully with XNA

Game Studio and the Windows Phone 7 Emulator (except in CTP). I wonder why Microsoft has Vista as a compatible OS??

Rant 3) I honestly thought of installing the Windows 7 driver for 965 to see if it could work...

------Rants Ended------