Intel GMA 950 Driver for Parallel Desktop on Mac

[Jus Roc]

Hello,
Have just tried to update the software driver for the embedded graphics card built into the Mac Mini's so that Windows Media Player would play the DRM encrypted files that you get with some services.
However, have had problems installing the Intel GMA 950 drivers on the Virtual Vista Machine, as every time I try and install a driver that is compatible with the Intel GMA 950 graphics, shortly after starting the installation process,
the application terminates after giving the message:

The computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software

This is nuts, as the software is a simple graphics card driver purposely made for this series of graphics chip.
I have also checked the configuration of the virtual machine and made sure that over 1gb ram was assigned and at least 18 gb hd space was allocated.
Now, I am not a programmer, however, perhaps it would be possible for the code that examines the spec of the computer that the software is being installed on could be adjusted so that the driver could then be installed.
this would then allow the virtual vista machine to have a proper Intel GMA 950 series driver that would then finally allow the mac mini to run vista and play the DRM encrypted video files over a network and stream the content to a windows media center extender. Yippee!!
Please could you tell me if their is a solution to my problem, and if not, then please could you look into creating one, as I am sure I am not the only person out there who runs vista on a mac that would like to view DRM encrypted content on a connected windows media center extender.

Please.!
Thanks

 

[Shaddam IV]

Parallels more or less brings its own "graphics card" which has its own graphics driver. That driver is part of the Parallels Tools install. Trying to to install a GMA 950 driver will fail as to Windows, the graphics card is not a GMA 950.

Why would you want to change the Parallels graphics driver anyway?

 

[Jus Roc]

Thank you for answering my post.
I am really baffled.
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I read somewhere that the reason why windows media player and center did not play drm protected video was because of the graphics driver issues.
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I am desperately trying to set up my xbox to work with vista running on a parallel machine so that i can watch drm protected content authored for the UK BBC Iplayer on my TV rather than on my PC/MAC.
However, have been pretty unsuccessful so far.
I have only been able to set up the xbox 360 as a media center extender once, and that was using parallel 3.0.
Today I tried to set it up using a trial of parallel 5.0 but the xbox wont even see the PC even though the Xbox can see the mac.
I am really miffed.
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Any suggestions really appreciated.