This week I installed many servers in my office and I really appreciate the work of one tool named BgInfo. You launch the programm and define which information you want to display on the desktop background. For example: Boot time, Windows version, Windows SP version, CPU, Free Space, IP addresses and any individual text. It’s very useful if you have a KVM, many PC’s and you don’t know on which one you are connected right now.

KVM for people who don’t know, it’s a box where you can connect several PC’s (12 for example) and just one Screen, Keyboard and Mouse. To switch between the computers you just press some buttons on the keyboard or a button on the KVM itself. Very useful if you have several servers, where you don’t need to work on it all the time.

Unfortunetly BgInfo has been bought by Microsoft: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx