SCCM 2012 - Adding Operating System Installer (The specified path does not contain a valid operating system ..)

I have encountered the dreaded "The specified path does not contain a valid operating system or you do not have permission to access it.  Specify a valid path" message that seems to be popular in many forums .... BUT, so far none of the "solutions"
have fixed the problem (of I don't understand the fix)
Configuration
SCCM 2012 SP1 5.0.7804.1000
WADK 8.100.26629.0  < Suggested Fix
Server 2008 R2
SCCM Administrator with UserID = SCCMAdmin 
Steps / Fixes I have followed
I have configured a administrative share
\\caleb\sources$ to hold directories (such as Apps, Drivers, and OS) with the following NTFS Permissions
EVERYONE has Read and Execute, List folder, Read permissions<o:p></o:p>
SYSTEM has Full Control 
<Suggested Fix
SCCMManagers (our group that has all SCCMManagers) has Full Control<o:p></o:p>
SCCMAdmin (the SCCM Admin account that we are using to import image) has Full Control<o:p></o:p>
Local Administrators (the local machine administrator) has Full Control 
<Suggested Fix
<o:p></o:p>
Another Fix is to explicitly grant all permissions to the SCCM Administrator
<Suggested Fix
>Administrative Users ...
Properties of the SCCM Administrator (for us that is SCCMAdmin) has all the boxes checked<o:p></o:p>
Another suggestion I was able to glean was to Specify the Network Access Account
so I configured SCCMAdmin as the Network Access Account.
Another potential fix is that the image ISO file that has been downloaded is corrupt.   So, I downloaded the Win 7 (and Win 8.1) ISO's from MSDN and did a Checksum check.
I then mounted the ISO (on 2008R2 I use VirtualClone Drive) and copied the contents of the image to
E:\Sources\OS\en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_vl_build_x86_dvd_u_677896 for Windows 7 with SP1
To double check,
I computed the Hash on the Install.WIM located in the Sources directory and compared with
the computed Has Tag for the Install.WIM on the ISO Image  ... and the Hash tag of the WIM's matched (extracted vs what is contained within the ISO)<o:p></o:p>
I tried to load the images into SCCM 2012 using the "Operating System Installers" option
UNC to installer
\\caleb\sources$\OS\en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_vl_build_x86_dvd_u_677896
Then I receive the lovely message <o:p></o:p>
"The specified path does not contain a valid operating system or you do not have permission to access it.  Specify a valid path"<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
From
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration
Manager\AdminConsole\AdminUILog\SmsAdminUI.log<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
\r\nSystem.Management.ManagementException\r\nGeneric failure \r\n  
at System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(ManagementStatus
errorCode)
   at System.Management.ManagementObject.InvokeMethod(String
methodName, ManagementBaseObject inParameters, InvokeMethodOptions options)
   at
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine.WqlConnectionManager.ExecuteMethod(String
methodClass, String methodName, Dictionary`2 methodParameters, Boolean
traceParameters)\r\nManagementException details:
instance of SMS_ExtendedStatus
 Description = "Failed to get the image property from the source WIM
file due to error 80070002";
 ErrorCode = 2147942402;
 File ="e:\\nts_sccm_release\\sms\\siteserver\\sdk_provider\\smsprov\\sspimagepackage.cpp";
 Line = 586;
 Operation = "ExecMethod";
 ParameterInfo = "SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage";
 ProviderName = "WinMgmt";
 StatusCode = 2147749889;
\r\n<o:p></o:p>
What am I missing ????  I assume something simple but, darn I'm stumped!!!

Hi,
Configuration Manager version
Windows AIK or Windows ADK Version
Windows PE versions for boot images customizable from the Configuration Manager console
Supported Windows PE versions for boot images not customizable from the Configuration Manager console
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with no service pack
Windows AIK for Windows 7
Windows PE 3
None
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1
Windows ADK for Windows 8
Windows PE 4
None
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 and cumulative update 2
Windows ADK for Windows 8
Windows PE 4
Windows PE 3.11
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with SP1 and cumulative update 3
Windows ADK for Windows 8
Windows PE 4
Windows PE 3.11 and Windows PE 5
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Windows ADK for Windows 8.1
Windows PE 5
Windows PE 3.11
Please try to install the Windows ADK for Windows 8.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652
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