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Hi,
HP thin client is quite a lock down pc specially if you logged on with "user" account.
How do you configure BGinfo onto the 'user' account and 'administrator' locally?
The HP thin client is part of WORKGROUP thus standalone.
O/S is Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7.
Appreciate any help.
HP thin client is quite a lock down pc specially if you logged on with "user" account.
How do you configure BGinfo onto the 'user' account and 'administrator' locally?
The HP thin client is part of WORKGROUP thus standalone.
O/S is Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7.
Appreciate any help.
what issue are you having? you can't run bginfo? you want to run it on the thin client or in the rdp session?
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I want to run it on Thin Client machine and need some step-by-step guide as I have not done this before.
@ jmanishbabu, the question is specific to WORKGROUP, GPO is useless here.
@ jmanishbabu, the question is specific to WORKGROUP, GPO is useless here.
Check the below link it may help you
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/45917-bginfo-workgroup-installation.html
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/45917-bginfo-workgroup-installation.html
Step-by-step guide for what? Bginfo does not need to be "installed" - it's just a simple executable. Put it into any directory, then run it. No special permissions are required.
Here are the steps:
(1) create a common shared folder which is readable by all the users in AD.
(2) Download bginfo.exe on your desktop & run it on your PC (for generating configuration file).
(3) Keep required fields, & close the application. This will create a .bgi file with required settings.
(4) Move the bginfo.exe & gbinfo.bgi files to shared folder(step 1).
(5) Create a batch file with following command
\\path\to\shared\folder\Bg info.exe \\path\to\shared\folder\bg inf.bgi /timer:0 /silent
(6) Test fun it on your PC. If it succeeds, copy that batch file to the same shared folder.
(7) Now you can add the batch file to user logon script so that every time user logs in, the information will display on the desktop.
To add batch file to logon script:
Open Group Policy in an GP editor(like gpmc.msc)
Go to User configuration > Windows Settings > Policies > Logon Scripts. Select the batch file as logon script. Click OK.
Hiren
(1) create a common shared folder which is readable by all the users in AD.
(2) Download bginfo.exe on your desktop & run it on your PC (for generating configuration file).
(3) Keep required fields, & close the application. This will create a .bgi file with required settings.
(4) Move the bginfo.exe & gbinfo.bgi files to shared folder(step 1).
(5) Create a batch file with following command
\\path\to\shared\folder\Bg
(6) Test fun it on your PC. If it succeeds, copy that batch file to the same shared folder.
(7) Now you can add the batch file to user logon script so that every time user logs in, the information will display on the desktop.
To add batch file to logon script:
Open Group Policy in an GP editor(like gpmc.msc)
Go to User configuration > Windows Settings > Policies > Logon Scripts. Select the batch file as logon script. Click OK.
Hiren
This batch file installer shows how to setup bginfo so it will work for non-admin users each time they login.
http://csi-windows.com/toolkit/bginfo-template
http://csi-windows.com/toolkit/bginfo-template
ASKER
At Hiren Will this work in standalone pc?
yes, during "install" it copies bginfo.exe to the computer - just put a copy of bginfo.exe next to the install bat.
This will work. Even no need to install. This will work(run) from remote shared folder too.
Hiren
Hiren
ASKER
everyone missed the point, this is stand alone PC there is NO group policy AD on standalone pc...the suggeestion above will not work because there is NO loginscript on standalone.
for a standalone pc you will have to copy the files to the pc and then put the batch file in the startup folder
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sol
Via GPO
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/configure-bginfo-to-run-via-a-gpo-for-a-consistent-experience/4701
Also
You can also use the Windows Scheduler to run BGInfo on a regular basis to ensure long-running systems are kept up to date.
If you create a BGInfo configuration file (using the File|Save Settings menu item) you can automatically import and use those settings on other systems by adding the /I<path> or /iq<path> command line option.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx