Experience index rating

Hi all,
A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....

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Try page 9 this ng, or search the following;
"Is there any place for comparing Windows Experience ratings."
Only guessing this is what you want.
.................................................. ..........................................

"Mamamegs" wrote:

> Hi all,
> A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
> with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
> Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
> the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....
>
> --
> Mamamegs.
>
> I reject your reality and substitute my own.
> (Adam Savage)
>
> Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
> alt.nl.os.windows.vista
> microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista
>
> _*mamamegs@gmail.com*_
>
>
>

LoneWolf formulated the question :

Thanks LoneWolf, It wasn't the one I was looking for, but it pointed me
in the right direction.


> Try page 9 this ng, or search the following;
> "Is there any place for comparing Windows Experience ratings."
> Only guessing this is what you want.
> .................................................. ..........................................
>
> "Mamamegs" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
>> with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
>> Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
>> the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....
>>

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

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I posted on this topic once before, but never gave the specifics on how to
do it. I was able to change it in RC2, but in the RTM build I haven't tried.

The .xml file is in C:\Windows\Performance\winSAT\DataStore

All you have to do is open the XML file in wordpad (formating is incorrect
in notepad) and modify some of the entries, most noteably this section:

<WinSPR>
<SystemScore>27.4</SystemScore>
<MemoryScore>34.9</MemoryScore>
<CpuScore>38.1</CpuScore>
<CPUSubAggScore>3.1</CPUSubAggScore>
<VideoEncodeScore>3.3</VideoEncodeScore>
<GraphicsScore>27.4</GraphicsScore>
<GamingScore>93.2</GamingScore>
<DiskScore>49</DiskScore>
<LimitsApplied>
<MemoryScore>
<LimitApplied Friendly="Physical memory available to the OS is less
than or equal to 512MB - limit mem score to 2.9"
Relation="LE">536870912</LimitApplied>
</MemoryScore>
</LimitsApplied>
</WinSPR>

Just change whatever numbers you like, but leave the tags alone. Running
winsat.exe again will produce another xml file. Example screenshot:
http://winvistainfo.org/images/rc2/systemratings.PNG

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/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Robert Firth *
* Windows Vista x86 RTM *
* http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

"Mamamegs" <mamamegs@wilgeenmail.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.dc297d6c20b806e8.50109@wilgeenmail.invalid ...
> LoneWolf formulated the question :
>
> Thanks LoneWolf, It wasn't the one I was looking for, but it pointed me
> in the right direction.
>
>
>> Try page 9 this ng, or search the following;
>> "Is there any place for comparing Windows Experience ratings."
>> Only guessing this is what you want.
>> .................................................. ..........................................
>>
>> "Mamamegs" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
>>> with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
>>> Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
>>> the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....
>>>
>
> --
> Mamamegs.
>
> I reject your reality and substitute my own.
> (Adam Savage)
>
> Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
> alt.nl.os.windows.vista
> microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista
>
> _*mamamegs@gmail.com*_
>
>

Cheers Robert, I'd already found the discussion and have modified the
XML file. It works in RTM aswell.


Robert Firth formulated on wednesday :
> I posted on this topic once before, but never gave the specifics on
> how to do it. I was able to change it in RC2, but in the RTM build I
> haven't tried.

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Why cheat it? For applications?

I just lie about mine and say it's 5.9 across the board.

Dale

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Dale Preston
MCAD C#
MCSE, MCDBA


"Mamamegs" wrote:

> LoneWolf formulated the question :
>
> Thanks LoneWolf, It wasn't the one I was looking for, but it pointed me
> in the right direction.
>
>
> > Try page 9 this ng, or search the following;
> > "Is there any place for comparing Windows Experience ratings."
> > Only guessing this is what you want.
> > .................................................. ..........................................
> >
> > "Mamamegs" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
> >> with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
> >> Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
> >> the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....
> >>
>
> --
> Mamamegs.
>
> I reject your reality and substitute my own.
> (Adam Savage)
>
> Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
> alt.nl.os.windows.vista
> microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista
>
> _*mamamegs@gmail.com*_
>
>
>

It's like my duck hunting. Nobody's going to believe I got 100 with one
shot so I just lie and claim I got 99.

"Dale" <dale0973@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:5519370A-FE97-45A9-8F10-07E31C978998@microsoft.com...
> Why cheat it? For applications?
>
> I just lie about mine and say it's 5.9 across the board.
>
> Dale
>
> --
> Dale Preston
> MCAD C#
> MCSE, MCDBA
>

The ratings are a reflection of scaling. Vista sets up the feature set
(scales) based on its intial analysis of the system. I don't know if
cheating on the ratings will make any difference in that, though. I think
the feature set only adjusts when a new experience rating is generated the
normal way.

"Dale" <dale0973@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:5519370A-FE97-45A9-8F10-07E31C978998@microsoft.com...
> Why cheat it? For applications?
>
> I just lie about mine and say it's 5.9 across the board.
>
> Dale
>
> --
> Dale Preston
> MCAD C#
> MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
> "Mamamegs" wrote:
>
>> LoneWolf formulated the question :
>>
>> Thanks LoneWolf, It wasn't the one I was looking for, but it pointed me
>> in the right direction.
>>
>>
>> > Try page 9 this ng, or search the following;
>> > "Is there any place for comparing Windows Experience ratings."
>> > Only guessing this is what you want.
>> > .................................................. ..........................................
>> >
>> > "Mamamegs" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> A while ago someone posted a message about how you could "cheat"
>> >> with the Experience Index and change the numbers.
>> >> Does anyone remember this message and how it's done, or give me
>> >> the message-ID, as I'm unable to find it again....
>> >>
>>
>> --
>> Mamamegs.
>>
>> I reject your reality and substitute my own.
>> (Adam Savage)
>>
>> Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
>> alt.nl.os.windows.vista
>> microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista
>>
>> _*mamamegs@gmail.com*_
>>
>>
>>

Dale pretended :
> Why cheat it? For applications?
>
> I just lie about mine and say it's 5.9 across the board.
>
> Dale

My graphicscard scored a 2.9 and I wanted to see what the photo
screensaver looked like with themes.... And now I know. ;-)
Not a word of a lie!!! )

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Colin Barnhorst pretended :
> The ratings are a reflection of scaling. Vista sets up the feature
> set (scales) based on its intial analysis of the system. I don't
> know if cheating on the ratings will make any difference in that,
> though. I think the feature set only adjusts when a new experience
> rating is generated the normal way.
>

Ajusting the XML file to give my graphics card a 3.0 score instead of a
2.9 worked for me.... (I only needed that 0.1 point more...)

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Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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