mention httpd.conf and install root dependency

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diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
index 019c92eb282ee5a7ab1c9847e304016e614d9b6f..2d12a6c22bf1b679424b2abc011e84cc53ed718f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
     Windows. See the <a href="../mod/directives.html">directive index</a>
     for all the available directives.</p>
 
+    <p>The default configuration of the source distribution expects the server
+    to be installed into \Apache2x. This can be customized at compilation time,
+    but it's important that ultimately the <directive>ServerRoot</directive> in
+    httpd.conf match the actual installation root. Binary distributions may
+    customize either the default installation root or the overall layout of
+    the initial configuration.</p>
+
     <p>The main differences in Apache for Windows are:</p>
     <ul>
       <li><p>Because Apache for Windows is multithreaded, it does not