How To depoly BGINFO across the Domain

I dont know much (anything) about scriptlogic desktop authority but I have deployed bginfo using a group policy startup script. This was very easy and basically consisted of a 3 line batch file and a small VB script.

Batch script

IF EXIST C:\bginfo.exe GOTO END1
copy \\server\share\bginfo.exe c:\

:END1
IF EXIST C:\template.bgi GOTO END2
copy \\server\share\template.bgi c:\

:END2
IF EXIST "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\start.vbs" GOTO END3
copy \\server\share\start.vbs "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

:END3
exit

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Start.vbs script

wscript.sleep(15000)

Set objApp = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
objApp.Run "C:\bginfo.exe c:\template.bgi /taskbar /nolicprompt /silent"

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Hi Guru,

Thanks for that,

Do i have to join the two scripts together ?

Regards,

No you dont. Basically you put both scripts in a location that users can access on a network share. You set the bat file as the startup script in your group policy.

Depending on how you want bginfo deployed you may not even need the second part of the script.

The reason I had to use the vbs script was because I wanted to run it on the taskbar and it needed to wait until windows was running before I could do that. The second script basically just waits 15 seconds and launches the bginfo.

xxdcmast,

Thanks for the reply.

What if the users change the wallpaper while the are logged in ?does this mean the bg info config won't be applied right?

Do  i have to prevent users from changing there wall papers ?

Is there  bginfo MSI version on the web ?


Many Thanks