Aaron

Well I do have an Nvidia card and I did upgrade to the newest Vista drivers
for it... which was before I ever tried running the experience index.

"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Aaron, I have exactly the same problem as you. Have searched the net,
> Microsoft's KBs and these groups, and so far no resolution. I believe the
> problem started after upgrading nVidia (or possibly Creative, Logitech, or
> Hauppauge) drivers, but I have reinstalled/updated all these drivers and the
> issue remains.
>
> I'm exactly like you too -- just want everything to work as it should. Even
> though this is a minor annoyance, and not really that critical, I would like it
> to work properly again.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FDFA978-B74E-44F4-8A36-9413969B4A22@microsoft.com...
> > Well I've actually found that page numerous times, but thanks though. Not
> > exactly an answer there, just others with my problem.
> >
> > It's nothing that I absolutely have to do, I just can't stand it when I
> > can't get something to work right, if I need it or not.
> >
> > The reason I tried it in the first place was that Halo 2 Vista was telling
> > me that I should run it, but it wasn't necessary to play. Well, Halo worked
> > fine and ran smooth anyways so I guess I'm happy.
> >
> > I'd still like to find out why I can't run the Experience Index...
> >
> > "Mac" wrote:
> >
> >> This might help
> >> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...es/458117.aspx
> >>
> >> I wouldn't worry too much about it though as it will round down to the
> >> lowest element. Is there a particular reason you want it calculated?
> >>
> >> "Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:930B4B77-1CAF-41DE-8948-67E35BD197D5@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am trying to let Vista rate my computer's performance, however, when I
> >> > click "Rate this computer", I get a message saying:
> >> >
> >> > "Windows was unable to calculate the Windows Experience Index because the
> >> > user cancelled the assessment."
> >> >
> >> > And of course I'm not canceling it... I've done countless searches and
> >> > tried
> >> > many things from trying it with UAC enabled and disabled, clearing the
> >> > C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore folder (there were no files there
> >> > to
> >> > beging with, since I have never run this), but nothing seems to work.
> >> >
> >> > Is there any way I can get this working right?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
>
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