If you want to check system settings in Windows you either have to dig deep into the operating system, use widgets to display them in the sidebar or run other applications that provide you with those information.
It’s convenient because it places the information, like the current IP, free hard drive space and Logon Domain and Server, right on the desktop background which means no additional windows, menus or widgets that take up valuable screen estate. It’s also resource friendly because it simply writes a new desktop wallpaper with the information and exits. This does however mean that the information presented could be different from the actual information depending on the last time that BgInfo has been started.
Most information that can be displayed on the other hand does not change that often and I suppose some clever users could come up with a scheduled start every x minutes so that the information that is displayed by BgInfo is accurate.
Each entry can be configured independently from the rest to merge the information perfectly with the desktop wallpaper. The user can select the font, size, color, alignment and the global position of all information.
The software is compatible with multi-desktop systems and runs on Windows 2000 SP4 Rollup 1 and newer Windows operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
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[...] Windows only: Freeware application BgInfo displays important system statistics on your desktop so that you don’t have to pull up the Properties dialog or run ipconfig manually. Open BgInfo’s standalone app, choose the desired font and size, and preview or apply the changes. The result will appear similar to the screenshot above. BgInfo actually embeds the information within your current desktop wallpaper so you can view it any time and it consumes fewer system resources. BgInfo is simple application to run, but power users may appreciate the available command line options that give you more control over the application. BgInfo is a free download for Windows only. BgInfo [via gHacks] [...]
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[...] because it places the information, like the current IP, free hard drive space and Logon Domain and Server, right on the desktop background which means no additional windows, menus or widgets that take up [...]
It’s more of run once than realtime thing. At my work it is launched on startup of all LAN computers to help users with such complex tasks as remembering their login. :)
There is another application that does a similar thing, and it is a little more “real-time”: check out CoolMon.
Coolmon v.1 does what the above application does and probably a little more. It’s free and relitavely easy to use. Although there doesn’t seem to be any more support for Coolmon nowdays, its still available for download with just a quick search on google.
Man, what a CRAPPY layout.