VMware: The SVGA II driver can Freeze Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Carlo Costanzo from VMwareInfo.com has posted the following helpful article:
The SVGA II driver installed by VMware Tools doesn’t work with 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Console sessions will randomly lockup.
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/218244?start=105&tstart=0
According to the thread there is a WDDM driver in U1 that you can install manually to fix the problem by browsing to –
“C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video“
A good one 🙂