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Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Stan

Stan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:56:27 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for this.
However, there is no need for the registry hack – once you have configured BGInfo to use the user’s temp directory to store the bitmap instead of the protected C:\Windows directory, placing the shortcut into the All Users\Startup directory works fine.

Makes copying across servers much more simple – copy the directory, place the shortcut, job done.
Regards,
Stan

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Brent

Brent — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:41:45 +0000

Suggested change – use a shortcut instead of a batch file. No command prompt window popup.

- Add a new shortcut to Bginfo.exe
- Append “C:\BgInfo\config.bgi” /TIMER:0 to the target location
- Run as minimized (not sure this really matters)
- Change the registry string to point to your new shortcut instead (i.e. BgInfo.lnk instead of BgInfo.bat).

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Alex

Alex — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:48:01 +0000

You made my day dude ..

Best
Alex

Comment on SharePoint uploads timeout or give error by Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:00:24 +0000

I do not have this setting in my web.config file

Comment on Changing the location of log files in IIS7 by SysAdmin-E

SysAdmin-E — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:41:01 +0000

Thanks for the article. I’d like clarify a few things:

1.) You don’t need to create the folder structure beforehand–IIS will create it for you and you’ll get a prompt about that. So if you entered “E:\IIS\IISLogs\” into the directory path text box and apply the change, that folder structure will get created when the first log entry is generated. The actual log file will be in a subfolder named “W3SVC” something. That subfolder will get created automatically by IIS.
2.) The old log files will still be in their original location. The new location will only have log files generated after the change. You did mention to ”migrate/delete the old logs,” so I’m just clarifying that.

I tested on IIS 7.5, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Ruben

Ruben — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:32:13 +0000

When you update the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Instead of putting in
c:\bginfo\bginfo.bat
put in:
c:\bginfo\bginfo.exe c:\bginfo\config.bgi /TIMER:0

No need for that stupid dossss box

my 2 Cents

Comment on Changing the location of log files in IIS7 by NightOwl888

NightOwl888 — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:19:27 +0000

@Rob – To set the default location of the log files for all of the sites, select the server in IIS instead of the web site, and then go to Logging as described above. Cheers!

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Pete

Pete — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:06:50 +0000

To Andy B (and anyone else having issues with text overwriting itself)… Run bginfo.exe, click Background and untick the ‘Make wallpaper visible behind text’ option. Apply, then Ok and Save, overwriting your existing bgi file.

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by SM

SM — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:00:13 +0000

Works great. Thanks.

Comment on Using BGInfo on Windows Server 2008 by Andy B

Andy B — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:36:25 +0000

I’m having a issue with the dates being blurred and overwriting over the previous date on my 2008 R2 servers. Any ideas?