Windows sysinternals

310 Part II Usage Guide
When you start BgInfo without command-line options, it displays its configuration editor
with a 10-second Time Remaining indicator in the upper right portion of the dialog box, as
shown in Figure 10-2. You can stop the timer by clicking on something within the window.
If the timer expires, BgInfo sets the wallpaper according to the displayed configuration and
then exits.
FIGURE 10-2 BgInfo editor window, with 10 seconds remaining until the displayed configuration is applied.
Configuring Data to Display
The BgInfo editor lets you position and shape the data to display in the wallpaper. You can
combine text of your choosing with data fields referenced within angle brackets. BgInfo’s
default configuration lists labels and data fields for all its built-in fields in alphabetical order.
For example, when the configuration shown in Figure 10-2 is used to generate a wallpaper
image, the text “Boot Time:” will appear in the wallpaper, and to its right “” will
be replaced with the actual boot time of the computer.
To change which fields are displayed, simply change the text in the editor window. For
example, to have the CPU information appear first in Figure 10-2, select the entire line
containing “CPU” in the editor window, press Ctrl+X to cut it, move the insertion point to
the top of the editor window, and press Ctrl+V to paste it as the top line. You can also insert
a label and a corresponding angle-bracketed data field at the current insertion point in the
editor window by selecting an entry in the Fields list and clicking the Add button, or simply
by double-clicking the entry in the list.
The labels are optional. For example, to show the logged-on user in DOMAIN\USER format,
specify two data fields separated by a backslash: \.
Table 10-1 lists the data fields that BgInfo defines.
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