Ok, it did not work for me. I did the renames as you suggested. ls output below:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>ls -l vmware-*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 88144 May 16 16:51 vmware-authd.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14937680 May 16 17:09 vmware-hostd.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 5108816 May 16 17:41 vmware-remotemks-debug-original.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 4818512 Jun 04 10:41 vmware-remotemks-debug.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 4818512 May 16 17:41 vmware-remotemks-original.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 83536 May 16 17:41 vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe
-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 0 43600 May 16 17:41 vmware-tray-helper.dll
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 105040 May 16 17:41 vmware-tray.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 190544 May 16 17:41 vmware-unity-helper.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 1478224 May 16 16:43 vmware-vdiskmanager.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22429776 May 16 17:41 vmware-vmx-debug-original.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 17855568 Jun 04 10:39 vmware-vmx-debug.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 17855568 May 16 17:41 vmware-vmx-original.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 20473936 May 16 17:41 vmware-vmx-stats.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 567888 May 16 17:41 vmware-vprobe.exe
Still see option=BETA in my vmware.log and speed seems unchanged.
I am also seeing lots of these messages:
2013-06-04T10:42:57.555-07:00| vcpu-1| I120: serial0: Failed to enforce the noRxLoss option: an overrun occurred while the virtual UART was in loopback mode.
2013-06-04T10:42:57.555-07:00| vcpu-1| I120: serial0: Overrun
Could these be what's slowing me down?