PowerBGInfo is a PowerShell module that is used to generate background information for Windows machines. It's a replacement for BGInfo that doesn't require installation and is much more flexible.

You can read about this project on this blog post that tells a little backstory and shows few things.

Installation

Install from PowerShell Gallery is as easy as:

Install-Module PowerBGInfo -Force -Verbose

When there's an update you can update it using same command which will install new module version.

Known Issues

This module will work fine for PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7+. Currently the module has a problem when running in VSCode PowerShell extension when on PowerShell 5.1 (other versions work fine!) It works fine when running in PowerShell 5.1 console, or ISE (shrug!).

Usage

Here's a small taste of the code:

New-BGInfo -MonitorIndex 0 {
    # Lets add computer name, but lets use builtin values for that
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue HostName -Color Red -FontSize 20 -FontFamilyName 'Calibri'
    # Lets add user name, but lets use builtin values for that
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue FullUserName -Name "FullUserName" -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue CpuName
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue CpuLogicalCores
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue RAMSize
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue RAMSpeed

    # Lets add Label, but without any values, kind of like section starting
    New-BGInfoLabel -Name "Drives" -Color LemonChiffon -FontSize 16 -FontFamilyName 'Calibri'

    # Lets get all drives and their labels
    foreach ($Disk in (Get-Disk)) {
        $Volumes = $Disk | Get-Partition | Get-Volume
        foreach ($V in $Volumes) {
            New-BGInfoValue -Name "Drive $($V.DriveLetter)" -Value $V.SizeRemaining
        }
    }
} -FilePath $PSScriptRoot\Samples\PrzemyslawKlysAndKulkozaurr.jpg -ConfigurationDirectory $PSScriptRoot\Output -PositionX 100 -PositionY 100 -WallpaperFit Center

Here's how the wallpaper will look like:

You can also use only builtin values

New-BGInfo -MonitorIndex 0 {
    # Lets add computer name, but lets use builtin values for that
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue HostName -Color Red -FontSize 20 -FontFamilyName 'Calibri'
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue FullUserName -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue CpuName -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue CpuLogicalCores -Color White -ValueColor Red
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue RAMSize -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue RAMSpeed -Color White -ValueColor ([SixLabors.ImageSharp.Color]::Aquamarine)
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue RAMPartNumber -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue BiosVersion -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue BiosManufacturer -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue BiosReleaseDate -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSName -Color White -Name "Operating System"
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSVersion -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSArchitecture -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSBuild -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSInstallDate -Color White
    New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSLastBootUpTime -Color White

} -FilePath "C:\Support\GitHub\PowerBGInfo\Examples\Samples\TapN-Evotec-1600x900.jpg" -ConfigurationDirectory $PSScriptRoot\Output -PositionX 75 -PositionY 75 -WallpaperFit Fit

Here's the output from command above