Where do I put BGInfo?

Where do I put BGInfo?

First place BGinfo into your programs folder. Next run BGinfo, accept the license, and set it the way you want. Next step is to create a shortcut to BGinfo, it might say ‘you cant create a shortcut here would you like to save it to the desktop instead?’ If it does then save it to the desktop.

How do you automate BGInfo?

PowerShell: BgInfo deployment script for Windows Server 2012 R2

1. Download the latest BgInfo tool.
2. Create the BgInfo folder on the C drive.
3. Extract and cleanup the BgInfo.
4. Download the logon.
5. Extract and cleanup the LogonBgi.
6. Create the registry key (regkey) to AutoStart the BgInfo tool in combination with the logon.

How do I add BGInfo to startup?

To make it run every time we startup the computer, open up Windows Explorer and type shell:startup into the location bar to open up the Startup folder. Then type out the full path to BGInfo followed by the path to the configuration file, followed by the three switches we mentioned earlier.

How do I deploy BGInfo to group policy?

How do I create a BGInfo Package? Permalink

1. Run and extract it to a folder – for example c:\temp\bginfo.
2. Run BGInfo, you will be prompted with the default configuration.
3. You can delete the Fields from the Black window, as applicable in this example we are just going to use x3 fields:
4. Host Name:
5. IP Address:
6. User Name:

How do I fix BGInfo black background issue?

How to fix BGINFO black background issue

1. Make sure there aren’t group policies in place that restrict changing of desktop background through remote desktop.
2. Set the BGINFO option to “update this wallpaper”

Where is the default desktop registry key?

You need to run BGInfo with elevated privileges initially. That can be done as described by creed929 or by right-clicking on bginfo.exe and running as administrator. Once the settings are saved, subsequent user logins will not need the elevated privilege to see the BGInfo background.

Where is domain controller netlogon folder?

You can view your Netlogon files by entering the following command in the ‘Run’ Dialog box. %SYSTEMROOT%\debug\’foldername’. Here Folder name is the name of the folder you created to store your Netlogon files. Below is a snippet of the Netlogon log file for a user showing a successful LOGON event.