If you have to work this week like a lot of us do and you have always wondered how to install the VMware Tools without a reboot this just might make your year..............
(Image I borrowed from the web...to help make my point about using our tools to automate...Pat I can take this down if you do not approve 
Take a look at how our VI Toolkit for Windows community members solved the problem. Complete Thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/168530
I also wanted to put in a nice plug for Hal's Blog on the solution - great way to end the year -
Thanks Hal and the rest of the community members.
Hal's Blog Posting: http://halr9000.com/article/605
-Pablo
ps. Lets see if anyone comes up with a solution on Linux...;)
