VMware player: To change NAT settings for remote desktop to windows client

This works in Ubuntu 13.10

1. Suspend all virtual machines
2. Edit /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf

sudo nano /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf 

For remote desktop in windows,
run ipconfig to check the ip address in address

ipconfig

It should start at 172.16.*.*

Then add the line

3389=172.16.*.*:3389 

under the section

 [incomingtcp]

where *.* is the ip address of your windows box

3. Restart vmware-player

sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart

VMware player: compile the kernel module after kernel update for Ubuntu Linux

This works for VMware player >5.0

After the kernel update, run this on a console.
(You need the latest kernel header files. Also update them when you update. )

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all 

It works on Ubuntu 13.04