dzComputerInfo: a small tool that shows a window on top of all other windows displaying the computer name and currently logged on user.
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/18
Interesting as bgInfo does not support top most windows or overlay: it only does the Desktop background, and you need to go through hoops to recreate the background on each logon:
Enter dzComputerInfo. It’s a small tool that I wrote the evening after the above incident which does exactly one thing: It shows a window on top of all other windows displaying the computer name and currently logged on user. Since the window is so small and it places itself automatically just above the start button, it does not really become a nuisance.
The tool and the source code is available from sourceforge, if anybody else thinks he has a use for it.
- [WayBack] A few days ago I was working in one of our measurement vehicles and found, that I couldn’t for the life of me tell, which of the 3 computers (soon to be… – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+
- [WayBack] dzComputerInfo tool – twm’s blog
The G+ thread also the interesting comment by Gaurav Kale:
The Classic Shell Start button supports environment variables in its tooltip. So just specify: %username% on %computername% for the Setting called “Button Tooltip”. Then to see the currently logged on user and computer name, you just have to HOVER over the Start button!
–jeroen
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