The Windows 7 hell

I'm pretty sure that almost anyone who plays GMS and has Windows 7 now knows, you can't get on. I was wondering if anyone's found a way to run GMS on a Windows 7 machine. I've done almost everything that I could think of to get it working. The compatability mode doesn't work. Tried VMWare, and doesn't work on my computer too well. I've logged a ticket to GMS support, but I doubt I'll ever hear anything back from them.

tl;dr, anyone know how to play GMS with Windows 7?