insuficent 3D on a laptop video card

trying to run Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. can't even get it to start, error message says: "unable to create direct3D".
running: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) GMA 950)

ran a couple checks and came up with:
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

Edit: didn't finish the first post, bumped submit... yes i'm an idiot.

any thoughts/ideas or help?

normally i'd spend a month trying to figure it out myself... or buy a new computer, but i'm swamped with work for a while and don't have the time or drive...

thanks in advance

or buy a new computer
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