How can I display host name on windows desktop

Posted by Martin on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Martin
Published on 2010-12-04T08:10:41Z Indexed on 2013/10/18 10:02 UTC
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I do a lot of work on Windows Server 2008 remote desktops and often lose track of which host I am currently logged on to.

Is there a way of displaying (without installing any non-standard apps) the host name or IP address of the host I am connected to in either the wallpaper or the notification area?

I tried creating files in the desktop with the name of the machine - but my roaming profile shows the same set of desktop files on every machine, so that was scuppered. Duh!

In shell windows this is easy: just set the prompt to display the host name. Surely there is a simple way of doing the same for the graphical desktop.

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