Does anyone know an easy way to stamp the PC hostname to backgroundDefault.jpg image?

[adhutton]

Does anyone know an easy way to stamp the PC hostname to the Windows 7 backgroundDefault.jpg image?

 

We are using Bginfo via Group Policy for stamping user desktops, but that doesn't work for the pre-logon desktop image as far as I can see.

 

Anyone got, or know of, a script that will write the hostname to the backgroundDefault.jpg image? (maybe using ImageMagick or similar)

 

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers_

 

Andrew

[Guest TheLibrarian]

I do this by running BGInfo in a shutdown script.

 

Err, well at least on XP I do, W7 I've not invested the time to try it yet.

[Bezwick]

Vote one for BGInfo here too, and yep we have it working on Windows 7.

 

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/BGInfo.shtml

[adhutton]

I do this by running BGInfo in a shutdown script.

 

Err, well at least on XP I do, W7 I've not invested the time to try it yet.

 

I can get it to work on W7 for user desktops, just not the pre-logon wallpaper (backgroundDefault.jpg).

 

BGinfo (as far as I know) only creates Bitmap files and not JPEGs.

 

So, the only thing I can think of at the moment is some way of stamping the PC Hostname onto the backgroundDefault.jpg

 

Andrew

[psydii]

Hmm use BGinfo to create a BMP and powershell to convert it to jpg?

This might help

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Convert Graphics Files to Different File Formats? - Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

 

If you get it working post your solution!