Win2003/Win2k8 R2: ACPI\QEMU\VGID driver missing

[jaceqp]

Hi there...
I've installed some Win2003/Win2008R2 VMs and have same issue.
I got pretty much all virtio drivers installed and running (Ballooning, Qemu Agent etc.) - yet still got one annoying "unknown device" (device ID: "ACPI\QEMU\VGID") on device manager list.
I already tried multiple virtio driver isos (0.1.101, 0.1.141, 0.1.160), but so far no luck.

VM's are created with basic VIRTIO SCSI, Qemu Agent, Ballooning and ACPI support on.

PM: 5.3-2 / 5.3-8

Any ideas?

 

[dcsapak]

see https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines#_vm_generation_id
and especially https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hyperv_v2/virtual-machine-generation-identifier

 

[Mr. Hobbybyte]

A somewhat older topic, but still relevant, and since I had to search for it for a while, here's the solution:
Download the appropriate drivers from
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...machines-8a74ffad-576e-d5a0-5a2f-d6fb2594f990
and install them in the guest via
DSIM /online /Add-Package /PackagePath:x:\xxx\xxxxxx.cab.
After that, other functions, such as changing the CD/DVD, will also work without rebooting.