How to test domain controller on upgraded Win Server 2008 R2

The windows team recently upgraded the development environment for the domain controller from 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 and I am to test the Idm functionality on this upgraded version. Our current configuration is that the DC and Idm gateway runs on different machines. To test this new DC, i want to install the idm gateway on that server and run some onboarding and termination test cases just to make sure if the AD connection is working on the upgraded DC. But i am getting ’Input/output error’ when i try to install the service and from the documentation it says 'The most common cause of this is that you do not have rights to work with this service.'. The server admin tried installing the gateway with his id as well and it failed. He tested installing in on the 2003 version of DC and it worked, so its not a matter of permission (i think..)...
Does anyone have any better idea on how to test an upgrade of a DC from version 2003 to 2008 R2? Any help in this matter is appreciated. We are running Idm 8.1 on a Windows platform and an upgrade to OW 8.1.1. Patch 2 is also in the works..
Thanks in advance.

I may have found a workaround. Can you try to change the "compatibility mode" in 2008 R2 to "Windows XP SP3" and see if it will install?
Admittedly I have not done this myself so I'm not entirely sure where or how it's done, but I have confirmation it resolves the issue from others who have faced it.

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