System Information on Desktop background

[Guest]

I have seen before on the XP Background (no matter what background picked)
the system information (Computer Name, RAM, ect..) will be posted on the
upper right corner of the screen and I was wanting do this on all my pc's.

I been told that this is a Reg. Setting but I can not find it. Please can
someone point me in the right place.

Also is able to be done of 2000 pro and NT 4 sp6

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sysinternals Freeware - BgInfo:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/BgInfo.html

 

[Guest]

Is there a way to do this without installing any software on the system.
Maybe a script or registry edit?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Might be possible using a VBScript to gather the required data, and then
output to a HTM file (which can then be set for background). Better check in
the scripting groups for more help on this matter. Microsoft Public
Newsgroups listing is available in the following site:

http://aumha.org/nntp.php

 

[Enkidu]

Sysinternals Freeware - BgInfo:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/BgInfo.html

Hi Ramesh,

I use that and so far as I am aware it *replaces* any
existing background with a new bitmap with the system info.

Maybe you can add the info to an existing background to make
a new bitmap? I've never bothered!

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Cliff,

Yes, it does create a new bitmap and sets itself as the default wallpaper.
Overwriting the existing wallpaper may not be possible using scripting, and
may require a program to do the job (Example: watermarking the image)

 

[bg]

Sysinternals Freeware - BgInfo:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/BgInfo.html

Would you know how to update the hard drive free space calculation using
this nice little app? Unless you open it and click apply, the hard drive
free space figures remain the same no matter how much activity you have.
It appears to be the remaining space upon bootup.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Use the command-line parameters. Create a .BGI configuration file, and use
the timer.

bginfo c:\config.bgi /timer:0

You can perhaps schedule it if you want.

 

[bg]

ubject: Re: System Information on Desktop background
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

Use the command-line parameters. Create a .BGI configuration file, and
use the timer.

bginfo c:\config.bgi /timer:0

You can perhaps schedule it if you want.

Thanks for your help but I really don't see how this program will update
the drive space every time a file is deleted, added or moved from drive to
drive, unless a recurring Windows task is setup. There must be a similar
program that appears on the desktop that does the same thing.


The fellow who developed Hijackthis created a program called Uptimer which
is very useful, but has a tendency to crash. It automatically updates all
drives to reflect free drive space and does alot of other cool things.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/uptimer4.zip

If you have any ideas, please respond.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No further ideas. But will certainly look into Merijn's uptimer tool.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
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