Any response from VMware on this? It's happening to me too...I'm using a brand new Macbook Pro, default install (with default key-mappings) and Windows XP as the guest.
In Unity mode, about half the time the control key is not recognized, i.e., I press ctl-C to copy, and it just types the letter "c". When this happens, I can keep the control key pressed, and then press "c" over and over, and it keeps typing the letter "c". But if I immediately release the control key and press again, then it usually works.
As the other user experienced, trying to cut, copy, paste, or undo (ctl-x, ctl-c, ctl-v, ctl-z) only works about 50% of the time in typical use.
As such, for someone who depends on these shortcuts (I do a lot of coding and find these and other shortcuts essential), it makes Unity useless without some cumbersome workaround (for example, disabling key mappings not a good solution, because it causes Windows start menu to appear if you switch to a Unity program via cmd-tab; also -- someone in another thread suggested third-party software to try to work around the bug http://communities.vmware.com/message/1192002#1192002 - I haven't tried it yet, but should I really have to install more software to fix this issue that VMware is ignoring?)
VMWare, ARE YOU LISTENING? People have reported this at least as far back as March (saying that they had been waiting a long time with no response).
Having the keyboard function properly should be considered essential functionality, and while you've seen fit to upgrade other things, it is a total wonder why you've ignored something so fundamental, that you've obviously known about for many months.
At least say SOMETHING... like it's being fixed, etc.
