Updating BgInfo when VMware View desktop changes locations

In my previous article “Using BgInfo with VMware View,” I discuss how to use Microsoft’s BgInfo utility within a VMware View desktop pool to write the following information to a user’s wallpaper: Username Physical and Virtual PC name Physical and Virtual IP address Physical and Virtual MAC address Example of BgInfo wallpaper for my VMware …

Using BgInfo with VMware View

BgInfo is a free tool from Microsoft that automatically generates desktop backgrounds that include important information about the system like its IP addresses, host name, boot time, and so on. This article explains how I am using BgInfo in a virtual desktop environment (VDI) and how it helps our hospital’s help desk support end users. …