Thanks, been there, done that, does nothing. Al

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:57E79D16-2918-49F2-97D7-4DB83885B7B4@microsoft.com...
> The Windows Experience Index rating may inherit an incorrect value
> after you make a change to your computer's hardware configuration:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933478/en-us
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
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>
> "Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:
>
> The windows experience rating for my machine is 1.0! It is being dragged
> down by my video card, a Sapphire X1950 Pro with 512MB. The graphics and
> gaming subscore is 1.0. I thought it might be problems with this video
> card
> and I pulled it out and installed an ATI Radeon 850XL with 256MB - same
> score. I tried the ATI latest drivers and earlier drivers, no change.
>
> Everything seems to be working fine. The only thing I can see is an
> exclamation mark, "! New hardware detected, your Windows Experience Index
> needs to be refreshed" No matter how many time I refresh this index, I
> keep
> getting this message.
>
> This is obviously a problem with Vista and not with the video card. Is
> there a way to correct this problem?
>
> Al
>