andyturpie Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Morning, Just saw with interest the little application called BGinfo.exe which displays the pertinent information on the desktop relating to network/user/computer info. This would be beneficial for staff when reporting issues. Would it be possible to create a RM Package of this which could be pushed out to all the workstations that has been preconfigured with our chosen data? Regards, AT
pooley Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 You can configure and run it as a startup script - Link to GPO setup Apply BgInfo using a Group Policy Logon Script - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki 2
Davit2005 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) You shouldn't need to install the application. Simply running with a few switches in a login script will do the job. %logonserver%\NETLOGON\BGinfo\bginfo.exe %logonserver%\NETLOGON\BGinfo\CUSTOM.bgi /timer:0 /NOLICPROMPT Where CUSTOM.bgi in above script replace with the name of your custom BGinfo file which you create by running the exe and saving as a *.bgi file. Edited October 3, 2014 by Davit2005 3
andyturpie Posted October 3, 2014 Author Posted October 3, 2014 You shouldn't need to install the application. Simply running with a few switches in a login script will do the job. %logonserver%\NETLOGON\BGinfo\bginfo.exe %logonserver%\NETLOGON\BGinfo\CUSTOM.bgi /timer:0 /NOLICPROMPT Where CUSTOM.bgi in above script replace with the name of your custom BGinfo file which you create by running the exe and saving as a *.bgi file. Hi there, Wasn't intending to install but just drop the exe into the root of the C drive of each workstation. Problem I have is that when I have tried to run a script, the application launches as well as the bgi file?
hallb15 Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Hi there, Wasn't intending to install but just drop the exe into the root of the C drive of each workstation. Problem I have is that when I have tried to run a script, the application launches as well as the bgi file? You need to include the /silent switch. This is what I use in the teachers logon script: \\server1\NETLOGON\bginfo.exe \\server1\NETLOGON\teachers.bgi /timer:0 /nolicprompt /silent 1
andyturpie Posted October 3, 2014 Author Posted October 3, 2014 Hi HaLLb15 - Yes just cracked it, I left out the timer:0 all is good!
detjo Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 I have it running on the servers here displaying various useful info. Chiefly to see what VM i am logged into!
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