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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: zadrian on March 19, 2015, 08:53:32 PM
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Hi, I have been trying to come up with a way to distribute BGinfo to PCs and notebooks in my domain (total 500 units but for Windows 7 only).
We have 95% running on Windows 7, about 10 MACs and misc. For the BGinfo, I will only use on Windows 7.
I hope you can understand that I am very experienced in WinXP and therefore some of my descriptions are WinXP based and do now know if it can be done in Win7.
1. Copy BGinfo into \\%hostname%\%windir%\resource\
2. copy "bginfo shortcut" into "all user" startup folder (in WinXP this was "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
I do not need this to be automated as I will run this manually but I hope to script can detect if BGinfo was previously copied and stop if it detects.
I only have the following
- domain admin account credentials
- IP address of PCs and notebooks (obtain via HDCP, IP scanners etc)
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You may need to give more information.
What server type is the domain?
Is this something going to happen again? Every month? Every week?
Can you physically do it from the domain server?
You may need to think about a distribution method that is common to all platforms.
Is this something like a newsletter? A Blog? A warning notice?
Do the users really want or need this?
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BGinfo displays the system information on the desktop. It is much easier to get the information over the phone that way than to walk someone through it. We used it when I was tech support in a middle school. You can find more about it here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897557.aspx.
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What is the goal of why you are doing this ? ?
And as Geek stated more details...