Implementing Deployment BGInfo with GPOs

Bginfo is a small tool in the Windows Sysinternals series, using Bginfo we can generate a desktop background that contains system information. Very valuable in desktop standardization applications, in addition, in the test or evaluation environment, is also itpro commonly used tools, such as Goxia often to build a virtual test environment, including several virtual machines, frequent in the virtual machine to switch between the current system to obtain the relevant information is particularly important, and Bginfo Can solve this kind of problem completely for us.

The use of Bginfo is very simple, and support command line, do not goxia more introduction. Common implementation deployment methods can be used to add command lines or scripts to the VHD Templates ' Startup items, and if the environment is based on AD (Active Directory), you can use GPOs to unify the client deployments.

Here's how to share your experience with a GPO implementation deployment Bginfo, Goxia the current environment is based on Windows Server 2008 R2 AD, with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in the environment, default Set up and enabled UAC. To implement deployment Bginfo through GPOs, we need to use the command line, script files, and Bginfo templates.

First, open Bginfo to create a standard template and save it as a file with an extension of BGI, such as: TEMPLATE.BGI, then save the two files in the \\dc\netlogon\bginfo subdirectory and create a separate batch script file, as : Bginfo.bat, the contents are as follows:

\\dc\netlogon\bginfo\bginfo.exe\\dc\netlogon\bginfo\template.bgi/nolicprompt/timer:0

Then, open Group Policy Management on the DC, locate the "Default Domain Policy" GPO and edit it. Expand User Configuration-policy-Windows Settings-script (Logon/Logoff), and edit the login property. Clicking "Show Files" under the Scripts tab opens the directory where the login script is stored, then copies the previously made bginfo.bat to this directory, and then goes back to the Script tab for "Add" to select Bginfo.bat, and when you're done, make sure you exit.

Finally, the GPO takes effect after the "Gpupdate/force" is executed on DC and client, and the final effect can be seen when you log off the client again.

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