You could try this:
Invoke the setup64 from a command line prompt (instead of just double clicking on setup64) after invoking Install VMware Tools from the menu
setup64 /a
It will prompt for a folder location to extract to without installing VMware Tools.
The video drivers should be in <extract location>\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware\Drivers\video_wddm\Vista
So you could try manually installing the video driver from Device Manager (or whatever method you choose).