I'm seeing the same problem. Same VMWare server build number, and also a Win 7-64 host. I keep getting the same "plug-in is not installed" message in Chrome and IE8. I tried launching IE8 in regular and 64-bit mode, and with and w/o "run as administrator". None of these made any difference. I also tried clearing the cache and restarting IE -- no dice.
Just for kicks, I ran the console from within a VM, using Firefox. The console was slow as hell, but it ran just fine. Based on this, I decided to try installing Firefox (3.6) in the host. In Firefox, I don't get the same message - I get the "Cannot access virtual machine console. The request timed out." message.
That's three different browsers -- all failed, but it works fine from within a VM running on this same machine.
Ideas?
