Experience index rating

Mamamegs · Dec 27, 2006

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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Guest · Dec 27, 2006

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.
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Mamamegs · Dec 27, 2006

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.
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Robert Firth · Dec 27, 2006

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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Mamamegs · Dec 27, 2006

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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Colin Barnhorst · Dec 27, 2006

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.

Colin Barnhorst · Dec 27, 2006

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.

Mamamegs · Dec 27, 2006

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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Mamamegs · Dec 27, 2006

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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Robert Firth · Dec 28, 2006

Wow, I didn't know there were themes for the photo screensaver. Changing my
score allowed me to see it.

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Lang Murphy · Dec 28, 2006

Guess I'm confused... how do the numbers shown in this example map to "real"
WEI numbers? Graphics score of 27.4? Wha?

Lang

Jeff · Dec 28, 2006

They don't Lang

Firth was just showin ya how to make whatever number ya want show up

Jeff

Lang Murphy · Dec 29, 2006

Hmm... wondering if putting in "too high" numbers might have a negative
impact... If WEI only goes up to 5.9 or 6.0, putting in a 27.4 might screw
the pooch, so to speak. Not having tried this yet, I have no idea...

Lang

Colin Barnhorst · Dec 29, 2006

I should think that anything over a 6.0 is a waste of good numbers.

Jeff · Dec 29, 2006

there I go, thinkin again.
I thought 3.6 is okey dokey
but Firths got us all beat-27.4?
isn't that close to the speed of light?

lol
:-)

Happy New Year-(soon)

Jeff

Robert Firth · Dec 29, 2006

When the power of my computer approaches the speed of light, time slows down
for my frame of reference. So that's why Vista is so slow on my computer...
stupid physics.

Too bad my logic is wack. You are just jealous because my WEI is higher than
yours

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Jeff · Dec 29, 2006

umm
ok
mr xml changer
lol

Robert Firth said:
When the power of my computer approaches the speed of light, time slows
down for my frame of reference. So that's why Vista is so slow on my
computer... stupid physics.

Too bad my logic is wack. You are just jealous because my WEI is higher
than yours

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Lang Murphy · Dec 31, 2006

This goes back to some OP renaming of WEI to WILLY (Windows Indicating Label
of Lachrymatory Yield)... so you're saying you have a bigger WILLY than the
rest of us... LOL! Shedding voluminous tears are we?

Lang

Lang Murphy · Dec 31, 2006

Reminds me of an old Zappa song... "Anything over a mouthful is wasted..."

Lang

Lang Murphy · Dec 31, 2006

I have to admit I'm surprised the egomaniacal malcontent (or one of his
brood) has not responded with "Ha, ha, ha, I'm an idiot, but I'll say, no,
that's close to the speed of Linux/XP/Insert any OS other than Vista here."
Slow boys, that lot.

Lang

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