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    1420 with 9.9 WEI Score

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by G473R, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. G473R

    G473R Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I was arguing with my co-workers who had a better computer. My windows experience index is at a 3.8 which is higher than all of their computers but one who has a 3.9 . So to make some people mad I decided to have a little fun and edit a file to make my WEI all read 9.9.

    Go to your C: Drive -> Windows -> Performance -> Winsat -> DataStore

    Right click on the newest file there and choose edit. This will open the file in wordpad so you can make changes to it. There are fields listed as the following in the encoded jumble ( <score> # </score> )...

    SystemScore
    MemoryScore
    CPUScore
    CPUSubAggScore
    VideoEncodeScore
    GraphicsScore
    GamingScore
    DiskScore

    Just replace the numbers between the scores to 9.9 and click save when done. Now when you go check your WEI it will read all 9.9 for everything. I really had the guys here going after I told them I tweaked Vista and my system for max performance and look at what it did! Haha, anyways just a little fun to have. If you run your WEI again to try to get your real score it will still show up as 9.9, you will have to go back to the DataStore folder and delete your old entries then re-run WEI to get your true score. Have fun :D
     
    G473R, Jun 23, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    I would like to take this time and welcome you to 2008. With enough perseverance and hard work, you should be able to make up for the 1 year and 6 months that you're behind.
     
    Lithus, Jun 23, 2008
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  3. G473R

    G473R Notebook Enthusiast

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    My bad I've been on the other side of the world for the past year...just thought someone would find this interesting.
     
    G473R, Jun 23, 2008
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  4. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't own Vista and know how to do this lol.
     
    vashts121, Jun 23, 2008
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  5. zunairryk

    zunairryk Notebook Consultant

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    lol this has been figured out for a WHILE
     
    zunairryk, Jun 23, 2008
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  6. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    And the point of this being?

    And I'm sure you do realize WEI has a max score of 5.9, and it's pretty much a useless MS tool and only suckers use it to benchmark their system.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Jun 23, 2008
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  7. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Yes, but for every sucker, there's a suckier sucker who'll finally shut up about their "awesome" new computer once you show them that you machine is "better".
     
    Lithus, Jun 23, 2008
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  8. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    Indeed there are. That's just sad.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Jun 23, 2008
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  9. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Ahahaa! :D
     
    Silas Awaketh, Jun 23, 2008
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  10. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don't use Vista and not only didn't know this could be done, I haven't been on the other side of the world for the past year.

    @OP: Glad to meet you and am happy that I am no longer alone here in the dark. LOL

    /wonders how to increase score in Suse 11.0 . . . [​IMG]
     
    bmwrob, Jun 23, 2008
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  11. G473R

    G473R Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol thanks guys, I'll try to update myself, coming back to the states here in a few weeks, probably see flying cars and junk...sigh...
     
    G473R, Jun 23, 2008
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  12. chesieofdarock

    chesieofdarock Notebook Deity

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    heh I think this trick is pretty cool. Never seen it.
     
    chesieofdarock, Jun 24, 2008
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