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How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

Published by jpranojo
07-23-2008

How to Hack your Windows Experience Index Scores


NOTE
  This will show you how to change your Vista WEI score to anything you like.

This does not actually improve your true WEI score. It is just a cosmetic cover up to make it look better. Remember a 5.9 score is has high as WEI goes to by default per category. If you go over this, then your friends will know that it is a false WEI score.
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1) Open an Explorer Window and navigate to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore and look for the latest XML file [look in the name for dates]

2) Take Ownership of the file first. Use this tutorial from Brink: Take Ownership of file

3) After taking full ownership, open the XML with WordPad. ONLY OPEN WITH WORDPAD. It will look messy if you open it with NotePad.

4) Look for the lines that says:
Code:
 
<WinSPR>
<SystemScore>x.x</SystemScore>
<MemoryScore>x.x</MemoryScore>
<CpuScore>x.x</CpuScore>
<CPUSubAggScore>x.x</CPUSubAggScore>
<VideoEncodeScore>x.x</VideoEncodeScore>
<GraphicsScore>x.x</GraphicsScore>
<GamingScore>x.x</GamingScore>
<DiskScore>x.x</DiskScore>
<LimitsApplied>
2) Then change the numbers between the < > </ > with anything you like then save it. Open up Control Panel\Performance Information and Tools and voila! Your WEI scores have changed! There is a limit for the scores though. 5.9. [Thank you Everlong18 for telling us the limit]

That's It!

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Old 07-23-2008  
jpranojo


Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x86
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

See how my computer sucks? 2.6. Wow.

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Old 07-26-2008  
abovesecret


Vista Ultimate 32bit/64bit
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

A fun little hack. Thanks

Brought my score of 3.4 to 5.5 only because my graphics are integrated LOL
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Old 07-27-2008  
jpranojo


Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x86
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by abovesecret View Post
A fun little hack. Thanks

Brought my score of 3.4 to 5.5 only because my graphics are integrated LOL
haha n/p. i brought my score from a really low 2.6 to a high 5.2 LOL. my graphics are integrated too thats why. it sucks.
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Old 07-28-2008  
Everlong18


Windows 7 x64
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

The top score for WEI is 5.9 btw. Dunno why 5.9, could have rounded it up to 6.0.
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Old 07-28-2008  
skunksmash


ultimate 64 SP1
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

why would you want to hack your index score ....

not sure if this is tutorial status.... but i guess it will make people feel better when looking at higher numbers.....lol
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Old 07-28-2008  
locoeng


Vista Ultimate 32/64 bit
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

False hope

Gotta love a hack to make you look good.
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Old 07-29-2008  
jay817


vista home premium 32bit
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

good way to show off exept if your freind want proof its true my pc has most in the 4 area exept the graphics becuse of being intregreted
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Old 07-29-2008  
SCSIraidGURU


Vista x64 Ultimate
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

I think a single quad core is 5.9. My pair of Intel E5430 quad cores should be 11.8.
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Old 07-29-2008  
locoeng


Vista Ultimate 32/64 bit
 
 

Re: How to hack your Windows Experience Index scores

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by SCSIraidGURU View Post
I think a single quad core is 5.9. My pair of Intel E5430 quad cores should be 11.8.
I think you are right. My Q6600 is 5.8 or 5.9 if I remember correctly.
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