I have a similar problem, wireless USB headsets don't work in 9.0.0 or 9.0.1 either (audio cuts out and then software thinks USB device went missing and then terminates) Unfortunately downgrading is NOT an option for me, 9.x is the only version that officially supports Windows 8.
I even tried going back to a single CPU/Core (which helped in Workstations 7/8), but it doesn't help in Workstation 9.x.
I sure hope VMWare is giving this top priority, because using Workstation 9 is very, very painful right now.