Error copying or running a file from a network share using a Vmware guest running Windows 2003 Server
You may encounter an error “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item” or “Your current security settings do not allow this action” when trying to copy a file locally or run an executable file from a network share when using a Windows 2003 Server virtual machine. At first I thought since I was running into this issue on a newly created virtual server guest on Vmware Esx it might be related to Vmware permissions. It turns out it was a very simple solution. All I needed to do was uninstall the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration component from Add/Remove Programs. Go to Add\Remove Programs, Add\Remove Windows Components, Uncheck Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration in the list, click next and then finish.
I only saw this error with virtual machines and not physical Windows 2003 servers. After uninstalling the component you may have to restart for the change to take effect or just restart the explorer process.
