24th October 2000
Coming from the "Better Than Buying the Book" department, Lockergnomie Tim Ingrum loads up his digital sleigh with resourceful information. When Microsoft releases an operating system, a corresponding 'Resource Kit' is also released. Why? To give developers (and power users) access to system-level information. Did you know that a sampler kit can be found on your Windows 9x CD? Throw it in and navigate to the Tools \ Reskit [98] or Admin \ Reskit \ Helpfile [95] folder. Simply copy the contents over to your hard drive and you'll have these extras at your fingertips. While you've got either CD in the drive, do a search for all EXE files and see what comes up. Another reason to hold onto your old Windows 95 CD? The Weezer video, dude! He looks just like Buddy Holly. Windows NT/2k users will find a few 'giveaway' resource kit utils (worth snagging) at MICROSOFT.COM's Download center.