I've been having problems lately with a Windows XP Guest OS freezing up on Workstation 9.0.2. I can duplicate it at will by attempting to install a Visual Studio 2010 extension (SearchWorkItems.vsix) As soon as the Visual Studio Extension Installer window starts to appear, the VM instantly freezes. No errors or anything, it's just locked up hard. I've had this happen a few other times, but not in any way that I could easily replicate. I did have the abandon the TechSmith Snagit screen recorder as it seemed their editor app also caused this same problem. I believe I have also seen it a few times with pop up flash or quicktime movies, but usually those play fine.
I've been using VMWare Workstation since version 4, and I don't really recall having problems like this with versions prior to version 9.
Wondering if anyone has any possible solutions or ideas for diagnosing the cause. Thanks!