VMWare Player on Windows 8 Host

For some reason every time I try to install VMWare Player 5.0.1 on Windows 8 Pro Host the system will fail to boot.  The resulting stop code is 0xc000021a or essentially a Fatal System Error.  Can someone indicate why this might occur?

I have tried twice with the same result.  In both cases a System Restore to rollback the install is required to recover the system.