Windows Experience Index is busted

"Neil Harley" <nomail@home> wrote in message
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> Lord Takyon wrote:
>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>> presented me with.
>>
>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my
>> score has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the
>> score under 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making
>> it retest, please help.
>
> Do you not have an 'Update My Score' on the right-hand side of the Windows
> Experience Index dialogue?


Mine states 'Rating 2.9 Windows Experience Index:Unrated' clicking the link
on the unrated text takes me to a new window stating 'Rate and improve you
computers performance' and has what looks like a link saying 'Learn how you
can improve your computers performance', but this cannot be clicked.

Please be gentle if I have missed something obvious, this OS is very new to
me.

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Lord Takyon wrote:
> "Neil Harley" <nomail@home> wrote in message
> news:14CBAF7D-9C78-4D86-AE47-12BD341CA9D4@microsoft.com...
>> Lord Takyon wrote:
>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>>> presented me with.
>>>
>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet
>>> my score has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the
>>> score under 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making
>>> it retest, please help.
>>
>> Do you not have an 'Update My Score' on the right-hand side of the
>> Windows Experience Index dialogue?
>
>
> Mine states 'Rating 2.9 Windows Experience Index:Unrated' clicking
> the link on the unrated text takes me to a new window stating 'Rate
> and improve you computers performance' and has what looks like a link
> saying 'Learn how you can improve your computers performance', but
> this cannot be clicked.
> Please be gentle if I have missed something obvious, this OS is very
> new to me.

In the dialogue which has 'Learn how you can improve your computers
performance' it should show your score. Under that there is an 'Update My
Score' link which will run the test again.

hth

In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 RemoveThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon says...
> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
> presented me with.
>
> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my score
> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score under
> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest, please
> help.
>
It'll still go by the slowest thing.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

"Neil Harley" <nomail@home> wrote in message
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> Lord Takyon wrote:
>> "Neil Harley" <nomail@home> wrote in message
>> news:14CBAF7D-9C78-4D86-AE47-12BD341CA9D4@microsoft.com...
>>> Lord Takyon wrote:
>>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>>>> presented me with.
>>>>
>>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet
>>>> my score has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the
>>>> score under 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making
>>>> it retest, please help.
>>>
>>> Do you not have an 'Update My Score' on the right-hand side of the
>>> Windows Experience Index dialogue?
>>
>>
>> Mine states 'Rating 2.9 Windows Experience Index:Unrated' clicking
>> the link on the unrated text takes me to a new window stating 'Rate
>> and improve you computers performance' and has what looks like a link
>> saying 'Learn how you can improve your computers performance', but
>> this cannot be clicked.
>> Please be gentle if I have missed something obvious, this OS is very
>> new to me.
>
> In the dialogue which has 'Learn how you can improve your computers
> performance' it should show your score. Under that there is an 'Update My
> Score' link which will run the test again.
>
> hth
>
>


It is just blank.

I managed to get rid of the unrated bit, I ran 'winsat' from command prompt
with the 'formal' attached and it ran fine. Score and amount of RAM is the
same, just no longer says unrated, so it is still incorrect.

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"Conor" <conor.turton.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600.DeleteThis@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon says...
>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>> presented me with.
>>
>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my
>> score
>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score under
>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
>> please
>> help.
>>
> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> until you hear them speak.........


Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.

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If you click on the system icon in control panel you see your system rating.
Then there is a link called Windows Experience Index. If you click on that
you come to the Rate and improve your computer performance window.
Underneath all the details of you hardware scores you should see a little
shield with Update my score next to it. Clicking this will update the store.

My Graphics card rates at 5.9 when it relates to desktop performance with
Aero. However, the graphics card is useless for 3D business and gaming so it
gets a score of 3.3. Because the base score that you see displayed relates
to the weakest link in the chain, in my case 3.3, this is the overall score
for your system. Personally the scoring system is about as useful as a boat
with a hole in the bottom. Psychologically it is a sales tool, the lower
your rating the more likely you are to go out and spend your hard earned
cash on new hardware (and as software will soon be rated the same too, more
software.) While I hate to see the big PC and Software manufacturers go
bankrupt through lack of sales, all the consumer has to remember is one
short saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'

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Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
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"Lord Takyon" <takyon RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Conor" <conor.turton RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
>> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 RemoveThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon says...
>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>>> presented me with.
>>>
>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my
>>> score
>>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score under
>>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
>>> please
>>> help.
>>>
>> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Conor
>>
>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
>> until you hear them speak.........
>
>
> Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.
>
> --
> Join our distributed computing project.
> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

"John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit DeleteThis @mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:eOvMDNQhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> If you click on the system icon in control panel you see your system
> rating. Then there is a link called Windows Experience Index. If you click
> on that you come to the Rate and improve your computer performance window.
> Underneath all the details of you hardware scores you should see a little
> shield with Update my score next to it. Clicking this will update the
> store.
>
> My Graphics card rates at 5.9 when it relates to desktop performance with
> Aero. However, the graphics card is useless for 3D business and gaming so
> it gets a score of 3.3. Because the base score that you see displayed
> relates to the weakest link in the chain, in my case 3.3, this is the
> overall score for your system. Personally the scoring system is about as
> useful as a boat with a hole in the bottom. Psychologically it is a sales
> tool, the lower your rating the more likely you are to go out and spend
> your hard earned cash on new hardware (and as software will soon be rated
> the same too, more software.) While I hate to see the big PC and Software
> manufacturers go bankrupt through lack of sales, all the consumer has to
> remember is one short saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
> for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
> of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in
> this mail/post..
>
> "Lord Takyon" <takyon DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uj$RSIPhHHA.4600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> "Conor" <conor.turton DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
>>> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 DeleteThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon says...
>>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>>>> presented me with.
>>>>
>>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my
>>>> score
>>>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score under
>>>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
>>>> please
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Conor
>>>
>>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
>>> until you hear them speak.........
>>
>>
>> Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.
>>
>> --
>> Join our distributed computing project.
>> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>


LOL I know how to do it, I am asking for help because half the info is
missing and the options to update my score are not there. Just out of
interest, and I know I am not supposed to do this, I installed my Vista onto
a new partition on my laptop, it did the rating all fine, and the missing
options were available. However after a reboot the options are gone, no
updates of any kind were applied and no divers were changed either.

Strange eh?

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No one else seems to be having the issues you describe. The only thing that
caught my eye is that you had a friend 'tweak' your system. Have you
considered the possibility that your unique issue may be related to one of
those 'tweaked' services? It couldn't hurt and you probably should back out
all of those 'tweaks' and then see if your lost ability to run the test is
restored.

just a recap... load "Performance and Tools" from control panel and the
very last entry on the far right side of the screen should be a link, 'Update
my score". When pressed, your scores will be updated.

good luck.

"Lord Takyon" wrote:

> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit DeleteThis @mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:eOvMDNQhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > If you click on the system icon in control panel you see your system
> > rating. Then there is a link called Windows Experience Index. If you click
> > on that you come to the Rate and improve your computer performance window.
> > Underneath all the details of you hardware scores you should see a little
> > shield with Update my score next to it. Clicking this will update the
> > store.
> >
> > My Graphics card rates at 5.9 when it relates to desktop performance with
> > Aero. However, the graphics card is useless for 3D business and gaming so
> > it gets a score of 3.3. Because the base score that you see displayed
> > relates to the weakest link in the chain, in my case 3.3, this is the
> > overall score for your system. Personally the scoring system is about as
> > useful as a boat with a hole in the bottom. Psychologically it is a sales
> > tool, the lower your rating the more likely you are to go out and spend
> > your hard earned cash on new hardware (and as software will soon be rated
> > the same too, more software.) While I hate to see the big PC and Software
> > manufacturers go bankrupt through lack of sales, all the consumer has to
> > remember is one short saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'
> >
> > --
> > John Barnett MVP
> > Associate Expert
> > Windows - Shell/User
> >
> > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
> >
> > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
> > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
> > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
> > for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
> > of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in
> > this mail/post..
> >
> > "Lord Takyon" <takyon DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:uj$RSIPhHHA.4600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> "Conor" <conor.turton DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
> >>> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 DeleteThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon says...
> >>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
> >>>> presented me with.
> >>>>
> >>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet my
> >>>> score
> >>>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score under
> >>>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
> >>>> please
> >>>> help.
> >>>>
> >>> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Conor
> >>>
> >>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> >>> until you hear them speak.........
> >>
> >>
> >> Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Join our distributed computing project.
> >> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
> >
>
>
> LOL I know how to do it, I am asking for help because half the info is
> missing and the options to update my score are not there. Just out of
> interest, and I know I am not supposed to do this, I installed my Vista onto
> a new partition on my laptop, it did the rating all fine, and the missing
> options were available. However after a reboot the options are gone, no
> updates of any kind were applied and no divers were changed either.
>
> Strange eh?
>
> --
> Join our distributed computing project.
> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>
>

I just added a new video card and now when I run WEI I get a message that it
cannot
finish due to a device or program preventing it. Any fix for this???
Thanks
Bill

"joke" <joke RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C49C760-835D-4E7A-B830-52EB1ADB8493@microsoft.com...
> No one else seems to be having the issues you describe. The only thing
> that
> caught my eye is that you had a friend 'tweak' your system. Have you
> considered the possibility that your unique issue may be related to one of
> those 'tweaked' services? It couldn't hurt and you probably should back
> out
> all of those 'tweaks' and then see if your lost ability to run the test is
> restored.
>
> just a recap... load "Performance and Tools" from control panel and the
> very last entry on the far right side of the screen should be a link,
> 'Update
> my score". When pressed, your scores will be updated.
>
> good luck.
>
> "Lord Takyon" wrote:
>
>> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit RemoveThis @mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
>> news:eOvMDNQhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > If you click on the system icon in control panel you see your system
>> > rating. Then there is a link called Windows Experience Index. If you
>> > click
>> > on that you come to the Rate and improve your computer performance
>> > window.
>> > Underneath all the details of you hardware scores you should see a
>> > little
>> > shield with Update my score next to it. Clicking this will update the
>> > store.
>> >
>> > My Graphics card rates at 5.9 when it relates to desktop performance
>> > with
>> > Aero. However, the graphics card is useless for 3D business and gaming
>> > so
>> > it gets a score of 3.3. Because the base score that you see displayed
>> > relates to the weakest link in the chain, in my case 3.3, this is the
>> > overall score for your system. Personally the scoring system is about
>> > as
>> > useful as a boat with a hole in the bottom. Psychologically it is a
>> > sales
>> > tool, the lower your rating the more likely you are to go out and spend
>> > your hard earned cash on new hardware (and as software will soon be
>> > rated
>> > the same too, more software.) While I hate to see the big PC and
>> > Software
>> > manufacturers go bankrupt through lack of sales, all the consumer has
>> > to
>> > remember is one short saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'
>> >
>> > --
>> > John Barnett MVP
>> > Associate Expert
>> > Windows - Shell/User
>> >
>> > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>> > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>> >
>> > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of
>> > any
>> > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
>> > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be
>> > liable
>> > for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising
>> > out
>> > of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed
>> > in
>> > this mail/post..
>> >
>> > "Lord Takyon" <takyon RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:uj$RSIPhHHA.4600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> "Conor" <conor.turton RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
>> >>> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 RemoveThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon
>> >>> says...
>> >>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
>> >>>> presented me with.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet
>> >>>> my
>> >>>> score
>> >>>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score
>> >>>> under
>> >>>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
>> >>>> please
>> >>>> help.
>> >>>>
>> >>> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Conor
>> >>>
>> >>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
>> >>> bright
>> >>> until you hear them speak.........
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Join our distributed computing project.
>> >> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>> >
>>
>>
>> LOL I know how to do it, I am asking for help because half the info is
>> missing and the options to update my score are not there. Just out of
>> interest, and I know I am not supposed to do this, I installed my Vista
>> onto
>> a new partition on my laptop, it did the rating all fine, and the missing
>> options were available. However after a reboot the options are gone, no
>> updates of any kind were applied and no divers were changed either.
>>
>> Strange eh?
>>
>> --
>> Join our distributed computing project.
>> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>>
>>

Not a lot of info... Did you notice any errors when you installed the card?
Did you reboot your system?

One thing you may want to do is: within 'Control Panel', open
'Administrative Tools' and then 'Event Viewer'. In EV look through the
Windows events:System log to see if any log entry gives you an idea (warnings
and error will have yellow or red icons, respectively). You may want to
first clear the log (right click on the log-file) and then reboot; try WEI
again; then when you look, the only msgs you will see are current log entries.

good luck.

"Bill" wrote:

> I just added a new video card and now when I run WEI I get a message that it
> cannot
> finish due to a device or program preventing it. Any fix for this???
> Thanks
> Bill
>
> "joke" <joke RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C49C760-835D-4E7A-B830-52EB1ADB8493@microsoft.com...
> > No one else seems to be having the issues you describe. The only thing
> > that
> > caught my eye is that you had a friend 'tweak' your system. Have you
> > considered the possibility that your unique issue may be related to one of
> > those 'tweaked' services? It couldn't hurt and you probably should back
> > out
> > all of those 'tweaks' and then see if your lost ability to run the test is
> > restored.
> >
> > just a recap... load "Performance and Tools" from control panel and the
> > very last entry on the far right side of the screen should be a link,
> > 'Update
> > my score". When pressed, your scores will be updated.
> >
> > good luck.
> >
> > "Lord Takyon" wrote:
> >
> >> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit RemoveThis @mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> >> news:eOvMDNQhHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> > If you click on the system icon in control panel you see your system
> >> > rating. Then there is a link called Windows Experience Index. If you
> >> > click
> >> > on that you come to the Rate and improve your computer performance
> >> > window.
> >> > Underneath all the details of you hardware scores you should see a
> >> > little
> >> > shield with Update my score next to it. Clicking this will update the
> >> > store.
> >> >
> >> > My Graphics card rates at 5.9 when it relates to desktop performance
> >> > with
> >> > Aero. However, the graphics card is useless for 3D business and gaming
> >> > so
> >> > it gets a score of 3.3. Because the base score that you see displayed
> >> > relates to the weakest link in the chain, in my case 3.3, this is the
> >> > overall score for your system. Personally the scoring system is about
> >> > as
> >> > useful as a boat with a hole in the bottom. Psychologically it is a
> >> > sales
> >> > tool, the lower your rating the more likely you are to go out and spend
> >> > your hard earned cash on new hardware (and as software will soon be
> >> > rated
> >> > the same too, more software.) While I hate to see the big PC and
> >> > Software
> >> > manufacturers go bankrupt through lack of sales, all the consumer has
> >> > to
> >> > remember is one short saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > John Barnett MVP
> >> > Associate Expert
> >> > Windows - Shell/User
> >> >
> >> > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> >> > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
> >> >
> >> > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of
> >> > any
> >> > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
> >> > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be
> >> > liable
> >> > for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising
> >> > out
> >> > of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed
> >> > in
> >> > this mail/post..
> >> >
> >> > "Lord Takyon" <takyon RemoveThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> > news:uj$RSIPhHHA.4600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> >> "Conor" <conor.turton RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:MPG.20958b0232de13a998a5c2@news.karoo.co.uk...
> >> >>> In article <uA7Y5sNhHHA.4600 RemoveThis @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Lord Takyon
> >> >>> says...
> >> >>>> Hi all, really enjoying Vista, overcome all the small annoyances it
> >> >>>> presented me with.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> My question is that I have added RAM and upgraded my vid card, yet
> >> >>>> my
> >> >>>> score
> >> >>>> has not changed. Window sees and uses the new RAM, yet the score
> >> >>>> under
> >> >>>> 'System' has not changed and I can find no way of making it retest,
> >> >>>> please
> >> >>>> help.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> It'll still go by the slowest thing.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Conor
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear
> >> >>> bright
> >> >>> until you hear them speak.........
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hence the RAM and video card upgrades.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Join our distributed computing project.
> >> >> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> LOL I know how to do it, I am asking for help because half the info is
> >> missing and the options to update my score are not there. Just out of
> >> interest, and I know I am not supposed to do this, I installed my Vista
> >> onto
> >> a new partition on my laptop, it did the rating all fine, and the missing
> >> options were available. However after a reboot the options are gone, no
> >> updates of any kind were applied and no divers were changed either.
> >>
> >> Strange eh?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Join our distributed computing project.
> >> Team FTL http://www.takyon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
> >>
> >>
>

Knowing that the max score is currently 5.9, I've had to upgrade to get a
Base Score of 4.6. I had to install a NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS to get a 5.9
Graphics with a 5.2 Gaming graphics score. My Process [2.80 gigahertz Intel
Pentium D (2 installed)] is scored as 4.7. I guess I would have to upgrade
the clock speed to improve that score which probably means replacing the
motherboard. I had a 4.5 Memory (RAM) score with 1 GB, then I upgraded to
two GB which jumped the score all the way up to 4.6. How is doubling the
memory worth only one tenth of a point? My ace tech tells me that the
Memory score is suppressed by the Processor's capability. Oh, my hard drive
has a 5.5 score.

What is interesting to me is that the hard drive and the video board scores
are not suppressed by the processor capability, but the memory's score
apparently is? Yet, none of them can function without the processor. Does
anyone know of a machine that scores a 5.9? Or, is that a mythical
creature. Hi oh, Silver....


"joke" <joke DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C49C760-835D-4E7A-B830-52EB1ADB8493@microsoft.com...
> No one else seems to be having the issues you describe. The only thing
> that
> caught my eye is that you had a friend 'tweak' your system. Have you
> considered the possibility that your unique issue may be related to one of
> those 'tweaked' services? It couldn't hurt and you probably should back
> out
> all of those 'tweaks' and then see if your lost ability to run the test is
> restored.
>
> just a recap... load "Performance and Tools" from control panel and the
> very last entry on the far right side of the screen should be a link,
> 'Update
> my score". When pressed, your scores will be updated.
>
> good luck.
>
> "Lord Takyon" wrote:
>

"Santosh" <Santosh RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BEC2C2A-DCB3-44B0-BDAF-B7A02F7FE764@microsoft.com...
>I had the same problem i.e. the "Update my score" link was not being
> displayed. I was able to get it to display by deleting the registry keys
> mentioned below.
>
> On some systems the registry under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \
> Policies
> \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Control Panel \ Performance Control Panel" is not
> present but the first key is present and by deleting that I was able to
> get
> the "Update my score" link to show up.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> Try this. In the registry editor, navigate to this key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Control
>> Panel \ Performance Control Panel
>>
>> In the right-pane, delete the value named PerfcplEnabled (if found).
>>
>> Repeat the same in the following key:
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Control
>> Panel \ Performance Control Panel
>>
>


Thank you everyone, the registry key did the trick. I only had the first,
but I deleted and it did the trick. As expected my score rose, very
pleasing.

I know a couple of people who have this problem, I shall pass on this
information ASAP.

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