If you’re like most people, you probably have a desktop that looks something like this:

  1. Your name and company name are at the top left corner.
  2. The date and time are in the center of the screen.
  3. You can see your computer’s hardware and software information, such as its processor, memory, and graphics card.
  4. You can see how much free space is left on your hard drive, as well as how many files are in your current folder hierarchy.
  5. You can see how many open windows are currently active on your desktop, as well as which ones they are.
  6. And finally, you can see what programs are currently running on your computer

Desktop Info in Action

Desktop Info comes in a zip file format so you will need to unzip the app, place it into an appropriate “Program Files Folder”, and create a shortcut. Do NOT delete the “Read Me File”…this will be extremely useful to you when you make changes to the “Configuration File”. Once you have everything set up you are ready to start Desktop Info up.

This is the default layout and set of listings displayed when you start Desktop Info up for the first time. The font colors will be a mix of colors as seen here and the font size will perhaps be a bit small but those are very easy to change if desired.

You can access the “Context Menu” directly over the “information area”…so no need to look for it in the “System Tray”. Notice that you can easily access that important “Read Me File” from here…

The full contents of the configuration file (.ini file) are displayed here so that you can see exactly what kind of information can be displayed using the default listings. The first section is “Options”…you will most likely want to increase the font size while you are here.

Then “Items”… If you are unhappy with any of the font colors in the “information area” this is where you can make the changes. You can turn information display items on or off here.

And finally “Files, Registry, & Event Logs”.

Here is our displayed information after a few tweaks in the configuration file. Very nice.

Conclusion

If you have been looking for a system information app that is simple and easy to set up then you should definitely give Desktop Info a try.

Links

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