Windows 2008 R2 Video Driver

[Jason_O]

I have been reading articles, ie http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2010/03/28/windows-2008-r2-and-windows-7-on-vsphere/, about VMware Tools now including a working video driver for 2k8 R2. I am running ESXi 4 U1 with all patches but when I setup a new VM running R2 and install VMware Tools, I don't see the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\wddm_video folder that I can upgrade the driver to. In fact, I don't see any folders relating to drivers. What am I missing? Is there any place that I can download the drivers from outside of VMware Tools?

[Troy_Clavell]

you've installed the VMware tools into your W2K8R2 guest, correct? If so, they files in question are located in the directory specified

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011709

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello.

I don't see the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\wddm_video folder that I can upgrade the driver to.

That is the wrong path. It is located in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video"

Good Luck!

[Jason_O]

Thanks so much for pointing that out. Silly me, it even states that in the article I posted, doh! I guess I was just used to the other drivers being the folder that I was looking that I failed to pay attention that the video drivers were installed in a different folder. Thanks again!