Open Source Research Project The BGINFO4X Utility

background BGINFO was a Winternals product which became Windows Sysinternals BGINFO4X is Source Forge project Designed to display system information Supported on multiple platforms Helps IT collect data on systems

Application overview Creates output file of system information Hardware IP address Software versions User information Exports collected data

Supported platforms Windows CentOS SUSE MaxOSx Ubuntu ARM Fedora LinuxMint CentOS SUSE ARM Cygwin BSD

Immode vs. rtmode IMmode RTmode Installation default Uses ImageMagick Suite Outputs desktop image Based on configuration files RTmode Export display to remote machine Considered deprecated by project team and seldom used

Desktop output BINFO4X.CONF IMMODE.CONF Default language is BASH Controls app settings like export type & refresh IMMODE.CONF Controls image settings like wallpaper & position Preset image as corporate logo or color Default language is BASH Supports PowerShell, VBScript, Perl, Python, Jscript .. Can use any app that can output to a console

Desktop output- Example

Data export Three Methods CSV File HTML Report SQLITE Historical tracking via appending output Set file location HTML Report The default Customized output format SQLITE Set table location Set import file characteristics

Data export- HTML

Data export- SQLite

Goals evaluation Stated Goals Two Criticisms Display system information Multiple operating system support IT Department help Two Criticisms No Windows 10 update or information No GUI means scripting knowledge is a must

References Microsoft Corporation (2016). Windows Sysinternals: Documentation. Retrieved March 31, 2016, from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default. Slashdot Media (2012, July 26). BGINFO For X. Retrieved March 31, 2016, from https://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/BGINFO4X/.

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