SourcePath

I wondered under what circumstances Vista uses the registry setting
SourcePath?

My copy of vista
a) Has a value for SourcePath of c:\enterprise\i386
b) Is able to 'Turn Windows features on or off' without any source files at
c:\enterprise\i386 and without a DVD in the D:\drive.

So my question is once installed, when does Vista read the value in
SourcePath?

Guy.

There is no source directory like there was in xp. Basically what happens
during a vista install the image file install.wim is expanded and it has most
of the files for the vista install inside of that.
"Guy Thomas" wrote:

> I wondered under what circumstances Vista uses the registry setting
> SourcePath?
>
> My copy of vista
> a) Has a value for SourcePath of c:\enterprise\i386
> b) Is able to 'Turn Windows features on or off' without any source files at
> c:\enterprise\i386 and without a DVD in the D:\drive.
>
> So my question is once installed, when does Vista read the value in
> SourcePath?
>
> Guy.
>
>
>

Thank you.
Your reply takes me forward, and it fits in with my experience /
experiments.
Guy

"Emory Tech" <EmoryTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> There is no source directory like there was in xp. Basically what happens
> during a vista install the image file install.wim is expanded and it has
> most
> of the files for the vista install inside of that.
> "Guy Thomas" wrote:
>
>> I wondered under what circumstances Vista uses the registry setting
>> SourcePath?
>>
>> My copy of vista
>> a) Has a value for SourcePath of c:\enterprise\i386
>> b) Is able to 'Turn Windows features on or off' without any source files
>> at
>> c:\enterprise\i386 and without a DVD in the D:\drive.
>>
>> So my question is once installed, when does Vista read the value in
>> SourcePath?
>>
>> Guy.
>>
>>
>>