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BGINFO vs Stardock Fences

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December 27, 2011 11:36:44 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed but... has anyone run into trouble when installing Stardock Fences on a system where BGINFO is running? I was going to buy the Pro Version when I realized that after installing the trial that my BGINFO information no longer appears. If I disable Fences, it returns. Ideas? 

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Reply #1 December 27, 2011 12:06:03 PM
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Okay, so just what is BGINFO?

Keep in mind that there can be conflicts between programs, sometimes it just gets hard to get them to work together.

 

 

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Reply #2 December 27, 2011 12:22:19 PM
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I run BGInfo in our enterprise environment and have fences installed on a system. Zero issues.

 

Philly,

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557 very handy tool if you need to support thousands ( or dozens ) of systems.

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Reply #3 December 27, 2011 12:23:01 PM
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Quoting Philly0381,
reply 1
Okay, so just what is BGINFO?

Keep in mind that there can be conflicts between programs, sometimes it just gets hard to get them to work together. 

 

I may be wrong but have heard this problem before somewhere. Think this person may be talking about this. Link

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Reply #4 December 27, 2011 12:23:01 PM
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557 - BGInfo

 

Basically tells you computer statistics on your desktop.

 

 Here's a screenshot of mine,

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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Reply #5 December 27, 2011 12:42:00 PM
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@Phoon - Server 2003 by any chance?

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Reply #6 December 27, 2011 12:55:47 PM
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@Phoon - Server 2003 by any chance?

the particular system that I have fences running on is Server 2008. I can test it on Server 2003 but that will take me some time to put it all together. ( dont want to randomly install fences on a live production server ). The 2008 box is one I have sitting at my desk for admin functions only and serves no critical role....

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Reply #7 December 27, 2011 12:59:54 PM
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@Phoon I understand that totally. I think I may have to uninstall Fences.

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Reply #8 December 27, 2011 1:50:16 PM
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what version of Fences? The one I'm using on the 2008 box is Fences Pro v1.1.0.370.

I see that the latest is 1.10.419

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Reply #9 December 27, 2011 2:07:15 PM
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1.01.143

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Reply #10 December 27, 2011 2:07:55 PM
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I just "checked for updates" and it says I am using the most current version.

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Reply #11 December 27, 2011 2:27:33 PM
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the update function does not work. you will need to go to your product registrations page and download the full installer. You should uninstall the old version prior to running the new one though.

Now...

I created a virtual server 2003 system (fortunately I had a 2003R2 SP2 template made), joined it to the domain and installed fences.

BGInfo and Fences co-exist just fine. Don't know what to tell you at this point...

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Reply #12 December 27, 2011 3:36:37 PM
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Thank you Phoon! I bet it is in our GPO or something...

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Reply #13 December 27, 2011 3:45:53 PM
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bradstone68 try downloading the latest version from https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

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Reply #14 December 27, 2011 3:56:14 PM
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@Lantec right now I only have the Free version as I wanted to see how it worked in this environment prior to purchasing.

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Reply #15 December 27, 2011 6:02:08 PM
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I might be able to give you some good pointers on using bginfo with group policy, especially if you have more than one domain controller.

I've got a nifty batch file that does it based on which DC you hit.

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Reply #16 December 27, 2011 6:19:14 PM
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I would like that Phoon! Currently I am using VBS that I run locally on each server.

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Reply #17 December 27, 2011 7:35:33 PM
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I'll write a tutorial for you tomorrow when I'm at work so I can see it all. Think you'll like it.

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Reply #18 December 29, 2011 7:40:42 AM
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Thank you Phoon!

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