"John" <John@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Uncle Nobby" <unc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u6Go9rBjIHA.2268@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have windows Vista which had 2Gb of memory.
>> The index was 5.2, that was the memory score.
>>
>> I have added another 2Gb.
>> As its a 32bit OS only 3.5 GB is detected, but when I updated my windows
>> experience the score went down for 5.2 to 5.
>>
>> Shouldn't it have gone up?
>
>
> The WEI will be the number of the worst device on your system. It won't
> give you any credit at all for all the good stuff. Mine is down because I
> only have a few hundred GB of disk space, not a quadzillion. Everything
> else is 5.9, but the disk brings it to 5.2.
>
> The disk measurement is a measurement of throughput not free space. The WEI
is not about creating a number to brag about but to point out where the
bottleneck is so you will have an idea on what would be the best upgrade to
a system.
--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/