The ones who have used the previous version of SharePoint
are aware of the hive term. Basically, it refers to the c:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12. In the SharePoint 2003 world
it used to be the 60 hive which pointed to c:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60. These directories are the
starting places for SharePoint. In WSS 3 it is the 12 hive. The reason I have
included this at the start of the article is because in the remainder of the
article I will not be mentioning the complete folder path but will just use the
word 12 hive.