"JamesSouth" <Outthere@INC.com> wrote ...
> My windows experience rating is not working and doesn't show anymore.
> How can I get it back again?

Hi James

I'm not sure what you mean by "doesn't show any more". Do you mean you don't
even get the "Performance information and Tools" in Control Panel? Or that
the applet still apears, but it refuses to update your existing score?.
Anyway ... you can run the Performance Rating tool (winsat.exe) from the
command line. This might help reveal the problem; and it will refresh your
current performance data :-

Go to Start menu and find Command Prompt in Accessories.

Right-click and choose Run as Administrator, to open an Administrative
Prompt

Type in these commands:

C:\> cd C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore

C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore>mkdir Saved

C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore>copy * Saved

C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore>del *
C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y

C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore> cd \

C:\>winsat formal -v

Winsat will take a couple of minutes to run. Once winsat has completed
running, it will return to a command prompt.

C:\>

Type "exit" to leave the Command Prompt.

Now, go back to Control Panel, System and Maintenance, System, Check your
system's Windows Experience Index base score. You should see updated
performance data.

Obviously if you get any error messages along the way, make a note of them
and report back to the newsgroup.

You can also catenate the verbose output of Winsat to a file:

C:\>winsat formal -v > MyPerf.log

and inspect the myperf.log to get all the grizzly details. Run "winsat /?'
for more details about command line options.

Hope it helps!
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au