Your windows experience index needs to be refreshed windows 7

It doesn't run unless you tell it to Now you see my problem It is running whenever it feels like it. I'm guessing it's because of the "New Hardware" 'cause it didn't try to autoupdate before this msg appeared.

Mark thanx for the link. I'm too chicken and too stubborn to download the. Trying to translate to 7speak. Will let you know how it goes. Verster Volunteer tester. Can't you just Uninstall it or stop the service? Somewhat 'hidden functions and less known', can be found in the Start Menu , under System Managment or Computer Managment.

Another, sometimes usefull also demanding and CPU intensive feature is the Indexing Funtion , which can be usefull, if you have a lot of documents, photos e. Did a bit more digging I think what you are looking for is called WinSAT Look in task scheduler, library, Microsoft, Windows, Maintenance. No, I can't I can't find the service which is weird, but then I'm relying on descriptions as I don't know what it's called.

Try this link Disable WinSAT Hope that gives you a few more clues. I am out for the evening, good luck with it. Mark you nailed it, thanx!

I was about to mention that, but ya beat me to it. So nuking winsat would need to be done also or instead of that. Ok, did it Even though it does not seem to have caused me any trouble, I did disable it in task scheduler. No sense having something polling my hardware needlessly. Glad I was able to help out, Alex.

I disabled Mine too, can't hurt, 1 less piece of fluff, nice fluff, but fluff all the same. Microsoft removed the graphic version of the Windows Experience Index in Windows 8. But the underlying tool, the Windows System Assessment Tool, lives on. Better still, you can access the old performance ratings easily. In Windows 7 the WEI score ranges from 1. You will need to update your WEI score after you have installed Windows 7, and have a minimum of 2. Disable add-ins. Remove unnecessary applications.

Clear your browser history. Reduce the number of startup applets. Defragment your hard drive. Run disk cleanup. The Windows Experience Index is a rating calculated by your computer to give you an idea of how well it performs. It does this calculation by rating certain hardware elements i. After all, you are likely to get this new software free. Microsoft first revealed its new operating system in June, its first major software upgrade in six years. Windows Client. Sign in. United States English.

Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Setup. For deployment issues, please use the Windows Vista Deployment and Imaging forum. Sign in to vote. Here is a list of things I tried, but that have not changed anything: I have tried doing a driver roll back which gave me exactly the same results.

Sunday, December 16, PM. Hi, Thanks for post your problem here.