SourcePath

[Guy Thomas]

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.

 

[Guest]

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]

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