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Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools | |
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| Time: 12:48 EST/17:48 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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The Resource Kit Tools are a set of software tools for administrators, developers, and power users to manage Active Directory, Group Policy, TCP/IP Networks, Registry, Security, Scalability and many other areas of the Windows Server 2003 operating system. | ||
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| #1 By 415 (199.8.71.121) at 4/22/2003 2:07:46 PM |
| I was really hoping the boyz would release the complete set as a free download this time around. Thanks, Microsoft! |
| #2 By 931 (67.35.51.151) at 4/22/2003 2:34:45 PM |
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rest assured there will be a retail repackaging with even more goodies, but yes it's nice to see they actually provide the core\ almost always needed set of tools for no charge.
(Dont know why they just dont ship these with the OS or on the /support cd) |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 4/22/2003 3:04:44 PM |
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This isn't really the Resource Kit.
These are server administration tools available for XP. Actually even though these say 2003, this is the first real release of these tools to work with XP that even administers 2000 server. |
| #4 By 6253 (64.204.105.163) at 4/22/2003 10:34:04 PM |
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sodablue, this is really the Resource Kit (at least the utilities; the documentation portion hasn't released yet). You are probably thinking about adminpak.msi (Administrative Tools). From the description of the Resource Kit tools, it does sound a lot like adminpak, but if you actually download the rktools.exe and install it, you will find that these are not the same as adminpak.
KnightHawk, 18 of the tools which were previously part of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit are indeed shipped with the OS now (in the \Support\Tools directory of the Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP CD-ROMs). They are listed in the readme which is installed by this rktools.exe download. The section heading is "Former Resource Kit Tools Now Included in the Support Tools or Operating System." Some tools get thrown into the Resource Kit instead of the OS because they (or their documentation, or localization into other languages) are not ready by the time the OS needs to ship and are not commonly needed. Some tools may be redundant, supplemental versions of tools in the OS. For example, historically some tools have been command-line/scriptable versions of functionality built into the GUI, and only a (relatively) small percentage of people need those. Most importantly, Resource Kit tools are not supported by PSS, so many tools which are not ready for prime time (but useful whenever they do work) get distributed in the Resource Kit as sort of an extended beta test. Historically, many features have eventually made their way to the OS from Resource Kits, Plus! packs, and Power Toys, once they have been deemed stable and mature enough to support. |
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