Windows Server 2012, VMWare Workstation and that flashing blue screen

Just wanted to make a quick note about installing Windows Server 2012 into VMWare workstation (I have version 8.0.3).

The initial installation went fine but when I installed VMWare Tools I ended up with a flashing blue screen for some reason. Booting into safe mode worked but removing and re-installing the tools did nothing. After dicking around in the settings of the VM for a while I discovered that if you turn on 3d graphics everything worked again.

Random, but there you go.