In an earlier post, I talked about an issue in VMWare when you try to create a trust from a Windows 2003 SP1 domain controller virtual machine. That virtual machine ran in GSX 3.1. I upgraded GSX to version 3.2 but the problem remains.

There is another issue with the Shared Folders feature when combined with terminal services. This issue is documented by VMWare in their knowledge base. The solution offered by the knowledge base is to remove hgfs (driver for the shared folders feature) from the following registry value.

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order

A reboot is required after this change.

The solution that is offered by this knowledge base article does not solve the trust issue. The trust issue is only resolved when the shared folders feature is completely removed.

Because of these issues, I advise customers not to install the Shared Folders feature in GSX and ESX environments. The feature cannot be used with ESX and GSX anyway. When you install the VMWare Tools, choose Typical instead of Complete. A typical install does not include the Shared Folders feature.