Display hostname on desktop wallpaper with HTML?

[Uconn411]

I'd like to display a PC's hostname on the desktop wallpaper. With WinXP, you can display a webpage as your wallpaper. Is it possible to write some sort of script / webpage to display this? Thx.

 

[corkyg]

I don't know about HTML script, but I would do it the easy way. Save the desired wallpaper as a graphic (JPG works fine). Then open it as a graphic in Windows Paint (XP). Then simply annotate what you want on the graphic in any font or color you desire. Save the result, and the annotation will then appear when you select that graphic as your wallpaper.

 

[Uconn411]

I have to do this to 4000 PCs, so I'd like some sort of script to capture the hostname and display it in the upper corner with the wallpaper. I'm trying to get rid of the manual labels we do with a labelmaker.

 

[Smilin]

I'll do you one better.

Try this:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/bginfo.shtml

 

[Traire]

wow, now thats a nice little utility!

 

[Uconn411]

Awesome, love the util. Thx!

 

[Winchester]

Originally posted by: Smilin
I'll do you one better.

Try this:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/bginfo.shtml

We run this here at work. Very nice. Thousands of PCs.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Winchester

Originally posted by: Smilin
I'll do you one better.

Try this:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/bginfo.shtml

We run this here at work. Very nice. Thousands of PCs.

:thumbsup:

 

[Uconn411]

Any chance to imbed this in a html page instead of running an .exe on startup? My company just wants to keep .exe's to a minimum. Is a great app though.

 

[Traire]

I know of several ways of getting and displaying IP address and other info, but they all require the page to be run off of a server of some sort, and not from a stand alone file.