Can't find instructions how to use Windows 7 drivers on Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by Robert Koritnik on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Robert Koritnik
Published on 2010-06-02T11:45:33Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 12:26 UTC
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Maybe I should post this to http://www.serverfault.com.

Windows 7 comes with all sorts of signed drivers so there's high probability that all drivers for your machine will be installed during system setup.

On the other hand Windows Server 2008 doesn't event though it's practically the same OS when it comes to drivers. But I know that this has a very good reason. It's a server product, not a desktop one. But the thing is that many power users and developers use server OS on their workstations which are normally desktop machines and would need Windows 7 driver spectrum...

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I know I've been reading about some trick on the internet that first installed Windows 7 on the machine, than do something to get either all Windows 7 driver collection or just those installed, and then install Windows Server 2008 and use those drivers.

The thing is: I can't seem to find these instructions on the internet any more. If anybody knows where these are please provide the link for the rest of us.

Can't find instructions how to use Windows 7 drivers on Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by Robert Koritnik on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Robert Koritnik
Published on 2010-06-02T12:37:20Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 12:44 UTC
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windows-7-64

Windows 7 x64 comes with all sorts of signed drivers so there's high probability that all drivers for your machine will be installed during system setup.

On the other hand Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn't. Event though it's practically the same OS when it comes to drivers. I know there's a very good reason for this difference. It's a server product, not a desktop one. But the thing is that many power users and developers use server OS on their workstations which are usually desktop machines (a bit more powerful though) and would benefit from the whole driver spectrum that Windows 7 offers...

Question

I know I've been reading on the internet about some trick where you first install Windows 7, than do something to get either all Windows 7 drivers or just those installed, and then install Windows Server 2008 R2 and use those drivers of Windows 7.

The thing is I can't find these instructions on the internet any more. If anybody knows where they are please provide the link for the rest of us.

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