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                  Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit
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The BackOffice Resource Kit Part II is now available from Microsoft Press.
The utilities for the BackOffice Resource Kit are not available for free
download from the FTP server, or any other online service. The fixes and
updates posted here require that the original software from the BackOffice
Resource Kit CD be installed.

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Directory contents:

SMS/
   Contains updates to the Resource Kit tools for Systems Management Server 1.2

   NtInvCol     - Updates to the NT Inventory File Collector

   I386         - Updates to the Intel-based Resource Kit applications

   Alpha        - Updates to the Alpha-based Resource Kit applications

I386/
   Contains updates to the Resource Kit tools for x86 machines.

   Eximwiz      - Updates to the EximWiz Resource Kit application

   Taskpads     - Fix for the Tool Management Console's Scripting vulnerability

ALPHA/
   Contains updates to the Resource Kit tools for Alpha machines.

   Taskpads     - Fix for the Tool Management Console's Scripting vulnerability

ARCADIA/
   Contains the Arcadia.exe tool, missing from the \Sql\Arcadia directory of 
   the Second Edition of the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit.

   Arcadia.exe  - Self-extracting executable file containing the Arcadia
                  tool. Run the executable to extract the Arcadia files. 
                  Please see the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit help
                  for usage instructions.

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If you have problems with the patches or any of the utilities on the
BackOffice Resource Kit, please send e-mail to RKINPUT@MICROSOFT.COM

Thank you,
Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit Team.