BGInfo, Updated: 11-08-09 External links Options

[homes32]

BGInfo automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more.


Script Features:

• You can change all the info displayed from within the script!
• You can change the startup mode. (Wallpaper/popup/system tray/manual)
• Set BGInfo to automatically refresh every nn:00 minutes.
• Auto download newest version.

Confirmed working with:

• VistaPE
• LiveXP
• Win7RescuePE (personalization must be enabled. see paraglider's post)

enjoy!

-homes32

Download Here: BGInfo

Changes in v4

• workaround for garbled display issue.
• added some dependencies needed for displaying network info in LiveXP.
• minor code cleanups

full version history

[Nuno Brito]

Thank you.

This is a very handy program to keep around when you're working with too many computers and need to know it's details quickly.

Here's a small screenshot:

[MedEvil]

Unfortunately not as good as i thought.
The script does not feature an interface to set the options, but simply starts BGInfo.exe.

[homes32]

Unfortunately not as good as i thought.
The script does not feature an interface to set the options, but simply starts BGInfo.exe.

true.
no sense in reinventing the wheel. there are far to many possible options to do that. all changes made are automatically saved to a .bgi and applied to your PE in that manner. I do however keep BgInfo from applying itself to your host machine on exit though!

[MedEvil]

I do however keep BgInfo from applying itself to your host machine on exit though!

That's a nice touch!

[MedEvil]

A little thing worth improving.
The Customize button only works after the script has run at least once. (to download the needed file)

[Lancelot]

Hi homes32

LiveXP test with xpsp3enu source:
can you add a refresh screen for second usage . Screen not refreshed with LiveXP causing text overwrites other text wrongly (current picture reason is font size change, best solution seems refresh screen).
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/850/snap1g.gif

some quotes maybe nice
Echo,"Processing %ProgramTitle%..."
ShellExecute,Hide,#$q%Tools%\7z.exe#$q,"x -y #$q%GlobalTemplates%\%ProgramFolder%\BgInfo.zip#$q -o#$q%GlobalTemplates%\%ProgramFolder%\#$q"

Good night

[homes32]

A little thing worth improving.
The Customize button only works after the script has run at least once. (to download the needed file)

fixed in new version. (RunBgInfo.exe was not being extracted from script)

@Lancelot
I will do some testing and see what I come up with.

[risolutore]

the main con of this apps is that it doeasn't work in real time, it simply "freezes" the initial condition of the PC but if you change the amount of disk during the execution it doesn't report it (
on UBCD4win there was another app, also configurable, but BGInfo is only one file

[homes32]

the main con of this apps is that it doeasn't work in real time, it simply "freezes" the initial condition of the PC but if you change the amount of disk during the execution it doesn't report it (
on UBCD4win there was another app, also configurable, but BGInfo is only one file

yep them be the cons. the closest you are going to get to real time is using taskbar mode. on the up side though it doesn't use up resources!

for the most part I use it in a lab/repair setting for showing some basics that I would otherwise have to hunt for.

I think the program you are talking about is coolmon; which works ok but is a pain to configure.