Install 64 bit Device Drivers For Windows 2008 On Laptop

This morning I installed Windows 2008 Server on my laptop. Well, I wanted to try SharePoint Server 2010 and it only supports Windows Server OS and that too on 64 bit. There is no 32 bit version of MOSS 2010. The installation of Windows 2008 Server went fine and I wad able to get it up and running. Now I needed to install device drivers for most of the devices on the laptop. Windows 2008 installation does manage to install drivers for most of the things. But when it comes to drivers for Video, Audio, Network and other important things, then you are left with getting appropriate drivers from vendor or if you have media for your machine. Problem is that most vendors do not have drivers downloads for Windows 2008 Server. Well you do not buy laptops for running servers.

There is easy solution to this problem. Download the drivers for Windows 7 x64 and you are golden. Most of these drivers will install and work fine on Windows Server 2008.