Glad to see this thread still has some life in it.  Appreciate the ingenuity and creative thinking on how to get this to work.

At the end of the day, however, I really don't need a science project.  I need an application that works as promised, out of the box, as turn key as possible.  VMware sells the promise of two or more operating systems working on a single device.  I'm will to pay a reasonable price for the functionality because it makes me more productive.  I'm not, however, willing to engage in hours of testing to see if something works, worrying about security issues, and dealing with potential sub-standard performance.  This is not going to help my productivity.  Just sayin'.