Deploy BGInfo via GPO

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   Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if it is possible to deploy BGInfo via Windows 2003
GPOs?  If so, how would I make sure that it puts it in the Startup
folder, I want this on the desktops of all my computers.

Thanks much

aaron

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apperrault Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 July 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Topic: Deploy BGInfo via GPO Posted: 13 July 2005 at 12:24pm
	Hi everyone, Does anyone know if it is possible to deploy BGInfo via Windows 2003 GPOs? If so, how would I make sure that it puts it in the Startup folder, I want this on the desktops of all my computers. Thanks much aaron

D1rtyJ00 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 June 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Quote Reply Posted: 13 July 2005 at 1:46pm
	You can always push a login script via group policy, and have bginfo run from a network share so it doesn't get copied to each system.

caryfields Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 July 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 27 July 2005 at 12:11pm
	Just a minute ago I created a .msi file using SMS Installer, and attached it to an assigned GPO. It will silently install bginfo. I have it copy the files to the windows folder so I can have users run bginfo from the command prompt rather than on their desktop background. If you want the specifics you can PM me.

bkc972004 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 September 2009 Location: India Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote Reply Posted: 18 September 2009 at 5:00pm
	Hi, I am facing a problem while deploying the bginfo using gpo. I created a batch file bginfo.bat and added these below mentioned lines inside:- \\servername\sysvol\abc.com\scripts\BGInfo\Bginfo.exe \\servername\sysvol\abc.com\scripts\BGInfo\BGInfo.bgi /Timer:0 /NoLicPrompt I kept that batch file in gpo under user settings\windows settings\scripts (logon\logoff) But it is not working. Even if i run this batch file manually also its not running. Then i copied these files under c drive of a user's system and created one more batch file and added these lines C:\BGInfo\BGInfo.exe C:\BGInfo\BGInfo.bgi /timer:0 /NoLicPrompt It is still not working. but when i click on log off button then it shows in the background. It means it is running in the backend only but not showing on the desktop when any user is logged in. Please let me know some hint.

molotov Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 October 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 17287	Quote Reply Posted: 19 September 2009 at 2:39pm
	Hi Brijesh, What does the dialog that appears when you click the Desktops button look like?
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kghammond Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25 September 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 25 September 2009 at 7:28pm
	We are deploying BGInfo using Group Policy Prefernces. We put our BGInfo exe and config file on the \\domain\netlogon\... share. We then create a shortcut to \\domain\netlogon\...\bginfo.exe via GPP and place it in the All Users Startup Start Menu folder. This works great. Alternatively you could use GPP to put the bginfo.exe and config file on the C:\ and then create the same shortcut and point it at c:\... The benefit of using GPP, is that we have this only applied to our server GPO's. Now, if bginfo would only shupport shadowing like backinfo :( Kevin