VMware has not posted this fix yet and they also have not released a new version to fix this problem, so read carefully!!

If you have upgraded your VMware Workstation to version 5.5.2.29772, Do not upgrade the VMware Tools to the current version.  You must first uninstall the old version and then reinstall the new version.  This is only the Tools, not the Workstation itself. 

If you do not do this, you will find yourself with a virtual brick (20GB virtual brick in my case).  It will load up almost all the way and then give you a BSOD.  Avoid the blue screen and uninstall first.

This has happened to others but VMware has not yet responded.