Hi Don,
I tried it: changing the path from a local path to a share on another machine inside a share definition.
after the reboot the share was gone, though the entry in the registry was here. trying to use that share gives error 53 as expected.
Windows Server 2008 R2 btw.
type=0 in the entry means 'drive' and there don't seem a type for a network device.
changing the virtual directory physical path may work, since IIS should not have problems to access network drives if running under a domain account.
regards, Robert
PS: I don't who uses the shares, but it's not the wuauclt. from the log:
Downloading from http://w2008r2v1.gloeckner.local:8530/Content/3D/D1B6A5DBE79391A94A8A596DB8F07A9B61AA173D.cab to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution