Tech of the day: Windows Server 2008 and WiFi

I played with a Windows Server 2008 (64 bit) laptop today. It is totally vanilla without any driver installed (not even Ethernet!) So I got my hands full. The first thing to do is, of course, google "windows server 2008 wifi driver" And I found 2 useful links:

1) Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation
It introduced to me a useful shareware Lavalys Everest Ultimate Edition This tool was able to tell me which Wireless Controller I have. And I just googled and downloaded its driver for Vista 64 bit.

This link also showed me how to open up Server Manager (and then Device Manager) to pick the Network Controller device and install its driver from the previously downloaded file.

2) Windows Server 2008 and WIFI
This showed how to open Server Manager and "Add Features" to add the "Wireless LAN Service"

After that, viola, the familiar WiFi connection icon magically appears!