Hello. I'm looking to create a GPO to run BGInfo specifically on our servers and ONLY our servers. The catch here is that I only want the script to run when the user logs in to those specific servers, and NOT for any other computer objects. 

How would I go about accomplishing this?

I've done a little research and found that using loopback would work but I can't seem to get that to work. I currently have a bginfo.bat set to run at startup under the computer configuration of the GPO. 

You would want to enable loopback first - make the script a login script - set scoping of GPO to authenticated users - only link to servers OU. Here is a loopback guide for you:

http://deployhappiness.com/loopback-policy-how-a-computer-gets-a-transgender-operation/

That's how I have it set now but it still doesn't work....

Hi,

Before going further, I want to confirm where we put the output bitmap for BGInfo. It is important that the location of output bitmap for BGInfo is a folder on which the user has Read / Write access. If this is not true, the bitmap wallpaper would not be generated.

Regarding how to apply BGInfo using a Group Policy Logon Script, the following article can be referred to for more information.

Apply BGInfo using a Group Policy Logon Script

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20262.apply-bginfo-using-a-group-policy-logon-script.aspx

Besides, the following thread is also related to BgInfo deployment issue and can be referred to for more information.

Deploying BGInfo to Computers using a .bat file with no luck.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/86a24daa-c97b-496b-a7cf-05ac0d841a70/deploying-bginfo-to-computers-using-a-bat-file-with-no-luck?forum=configmgrswdist

Moreover, the following blog also focused on deploying BgInfo via scripts:

How to setup BGInfo as a GPO

http://blog.mtfrog77.com/2012/03/how-to-setup-bginfo-as-gpo.html

In addition, if our DC is Windows Server 2008 or above, we can use GPP to deploy BGInfo.

Regarding this point, the following blog can be referred to for more information.

Deploy BGInfo with Group Policy

http://drewhenning.blogspot.in/2011/04/deploy-bginfo-with-group-policy.html

Please Note:Since the above two websites are not hosted by Microsoft, the links may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Note:To use GPP, if our server version is Windows Server 2003, we need to download client-side extensions of GPP for Windows Server 2003.

Regarding this point, the following article can be referred to for more information.

Group Policy Preferences Getting Started Guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731892(v=WS.10).aspx

Best regards,

Frank Shen

• Edited by Frank Shen5Microsoft contingent staff, Moderator 1 hour 18 minutes ago