Show System Info As Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver in Windows
Screensavers and wallpapers are the most commonly used components for any Windows user. We had previously covered some great articles on how you can make them more productive. Here is yet another way to use your screensaver and wallpaper to show your system information.
Show PC Information as Windows Screensaver
UsefulSaver is a free program from SDSoftware that shows CPU/RAM Info, disk activity and free space, top 5 processes, remaining battery life and how long the screensaver’s been running. Apart from this it also features custom messages and ScreenWash.
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What is ScreenWash ?
ScreenWash is a feature that prevents LCD burn-in. After the screensaver starts, it will wait for a period of 10 mins (set by default) and then the screen goes black. Now it shows the date and time in 4 colors with each color shown for 1 min. Once that is done, the screensaver again resumes.
To setup the tool download it and install it on your PC. Right-click on your desktop and choose Personalize. In the Personalization window choose Screensaver. Choose UsefulSaver from the dropdown and then press the Settings button beside (refer screenshot above). Customize the screensaver and choose OK. The screensaver shows real time info. The program also offers a photo viewer if you have multiple screens attached to your PC. Try our tip to display RSS feeds as screensaver in Windows.
Show PC Information as Desktop Wallpaper
Now that we have shown how to show system info as your screensaver let us see how we can show the same as your desktop wallpaper. Windows Sysinternals has tool named BGInfo that can help you do that. Download the zip file and unzip it anywhere on your PC. Now you can use the executable file straight away. Start the app and configure the wallpaper settings.
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You can play around with parameters like background image, screen position of the displayed system info, multiple monitors and you can also choose items of the system not listed by default. Here is a sample of my desktop after I applied BGInfo.
You may also like other wallpaper and screensaver tips like auto-rotate Windows desktop and custom screensaver from your pictures or can try downloading free Windows8 wallpapers and 10 free animated clock screensavers for Windows and Mac.
