Downloads:
830,356
Downloads of v 4.21:
1,880
Last Update:
01 Nov 2015
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Bryce Cogswell
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BGInfo
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4.21 | Updated: 01 Nov 2015
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Downloads:
830,356
Downloads of v 4.21:
1,880
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Bryce Cogswell
BGInfo 4.21
This is not the latest version of BGInfo available.
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- 2
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Some Checks Have Failed or Are Not Yet Complete
Not All Tests Have Passed
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install BGInfo, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade BGInfo, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall BGInfo, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download bginfo --internalize --version=4.21 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade bginfo -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.21'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade bginfo -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'4.21'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install bginfo
win_chocolatey:
name: bginfo
version: '4.21'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'bginfo' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '4.21'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller bginfo
{
Name = "bginfo"
Version = "4.21"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'bginfo':
ensure => '4.21',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 28 Dec 2015.
How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version? If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more. You can edit any field as well as the font and background colors, and can place it in your startup folder so that it runs every boot, or even configure it to display as the background for the logon screen.
Because BGInfo simply writes a new desktop bitmap and exits, you don't have to worry about it consuming system resources or interfering with other applications.
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- BGInfo.zip (5e417ceb776f) - ## / 58
- Bginfo.exe (b29ff87127d4) - ## / 61
- bginfo.4.21.nupkg (12d28c4c99f8) - ## / 57
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Add to Builder | Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
BgInfo 4.32 | 325025 | Friday, September 30, 2022 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.31 | 16211 | Sunday, July 31, 2022 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.30 | 9461 | Wednesday, July 20, 2022 | Approved | |
BGInfo 4.28 | 359137 | Monday, September 23, 2019 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.27 | 17127 | Wednesday, March 20, 2019 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.26 | 30148 | Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.25 | 12342 | Monday, January 22, 2018 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.24 | 9479 | Sunday, December 31, 2017 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.23 | 2864 | Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.22.20170630 | 20436 | Tuesday, July 4, 2017 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.22.20170623 | 1347 | Friday, June 23, 2017 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.22 | 11377 | Tuesday, May 16, 2017 | Approved | |
BgInfo 4.21.0.20160210 | 7688 | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 | Approved | |
BGInfo 4.21 | 1880 | Sunday, November 1, 2015 | Approved | |
BGInfo 4.20 | 5053 | Monday, November 18, 2013 | Approved | |
BGInfo 4.16.0.0 | 723 | Friday, May 24, 2013 | Approved |
This package has no dependencies.
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