BGinfo through GPO

Django x2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 14:46

I've googled this as I'd like to get it running properly now.

I've put BGInfo.exe and bginfo.cfg into the %logonserver%\netlogon\LogonScripts\BGInfo and I've got a bat file called bginfo in the %logonserver%\netlogon folder.

If I double click the bat file, it runs and the bginfo is loaded.

I've shoved this into a GPO under "user config", policies, windows settings, scripts, logon/logoff as a logon script (i've browsed to the bat file location).

But it never seems to work.

Here's the bat file too:

Code:

%logonserver%\netlogon\LogonScripts\BGInfo\bginfo.exe %logonserver%\netlogon\LogonScripts\BGInfo\bginfo.bgi /timer:0 /silent

Any ideas?

Django x2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:32

ok, but if I go to \\mydomain.ltd\sysvol\scripts

I see them in there anyway (as per logonserver). Do I just need to ammend the bat file then?

Django x2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 16:02

Still doesn't work

Enfored and gp forced, etc, yada yada. Gpresult shows the GPO applied so meh.

Django x2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 16:26

Hmm, I reckon it's a permission issue. When I run the bat file it keeps saying Run or Cancel (with cancel highlighted). If I run the bat as Run As Admin it just prompts the EULA.

Is there a way to counteract the Run/Cancel window?

Django x2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 23:22

Yeah, tried. Strange things are a foot. If I put it on to the server I RDP to its fine, it will stay there for ever. If I rdp from that server to another, it then disappears

Stupid

Django x2 · 10 Feb 2010 at 15:16

Testing now. Man hugs if it works!

Django x2 · 10 Feb 2010 at 15:38

Still no joy, as soon as the GP refreshes, the wallpaper vanishes

Django x2 · 10 Feb 2010 at 20:24

Ok lol, what the hell.

A Windows 7 client I've just logged on to has the wallpaper, even though it's not even in the applicable GP!

Oddage!

Django x2 · 11 Feb 2010 at 10:18

Django x2 · 11 Feb 2010 at 14:20

Ok, I lolled a bit because I realised that I was physically sat at the W7 machine and there was a previous try at this on the default domain policy which, once I had done the low risk GPO mod, worked.

It then dawned on me that I was RDPing in to these other boxes and the desktop option for "enable desktop background" was unticked!!!! D'oh.

So, I ticked it, and logged on. Guess what??????????

sod all

Django x2 · 11 Feb 2010 at 14:30

Thats not my issue, but thanks anyway

I had added that in quite a while ago

I think I'll go a different route and XML it from a start up script running the program from the local C drive (pushed out via GPO)