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Windows Experience Index in Windows 7

Windows Experience Index in Windows 7There is a severe problem with that IndexConsidering that the drive in my laptop got a 4.7 score in Windows Vista. In Windows 7...... it gets a score of 2.0!Now, it may just be me.... but why the heck would there be such a difference...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience Index

Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience IndexI seem to recall your having said you weren't going to tweak.These systems. Or was that someone else? Tweaking the memory seems to be going against that.Please also let us know if ....... S3 and S4 function properly. Not to second guess your...

Tags: Processors, processor, Wei, Windows eXPerience, Gateway Inc., Quad-core PC, Windows Experience Index, ATI Graphics, motherboard, quad-core, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience Index

Some of you have asked me for the Windows Experience Index score of my new quad-core PCs ... well, here it is:   That 5.3 is pretty robust.  Not only have I not done anything to tweak the system other than install the ATI...

Tags: Quad-core, Microsoft Windows, Graphics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Vista Mailbag: How does the performance rating work?

Ive been getting great questions about Windows Vista via e-mail lately and thought I would answer a few of them here. If I keep getting good questions, Ill make this a regular feature. Yesterday, Stefan asked about the "Windows Vista System Performance Grade": I dont understand the scale...

Tags: graphics, Windows Vista, Vista Mailbag, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Is Vista's Windows Experience Index fatally flawed?

Is Vista's Windows Experience Index fatally flawed?The WHY is somewhat logical..[b]Why does the Windows Experience Index only look at the capacity of the primary hard drive? Surely the total hard drive capacity of the entire system should be considered. [/b]I tend to agree, but if you think about it...

Tags: Corporate communications, Operating systems, Video cards, Microsoft Windows Vista, computer, video, Microsoft Windows, Sony Corp., Windows Experience Index, Windows eXPerience, graphics, hard drive

Discussion threads 2006-07-12

Is Vista's Windows Experience Index fatally flawed?

Windows Vista has some complicated system requirements, especially when it comes to memory and graphics card performance. In an attempt to try to simplify things for user and buyers, Microsoft has bundled a utility into Vista called Windows Experience Index. The idea is that the Windows Experience Index...

Tags: Windows eXPerience, Windows Experience Index

Blog posts 2006-07-10

Additional Resources

eVGA GeForce 9400 GT - graphics adapter - GF 9400 GT - 1 GB

Great for Windows 7The EVGA GeForce 9400GT can be summarized in one word; Performance. The Windows Experience Index increased from 3.5 to 4.9, mostly because the old card had only 128 MB of memory while this one has 1 GB. Several things worth mentioning, especially for Windows 7...

Tags: installation disk, graphics, card, eVGA, Microsoft Windows 7, adapter

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

FoxTrot Professional Search 2.5.1 (Mac)

FoxTrot Professional Search is a powerful find-by-content solution that offers precision tools for finding the proverbial "needle in a haystack" directly within PDF, HTML, word processing, e-mail and rich-media content and metadata. The product has been especially well received in legal law firm and courts, media (newsrooms researchers, ad agencies...

Tags: Client-server, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Server, CTM Development, FoxTrot Professional Search, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Servers, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Windows 7 demo: Search tools

The has to be the laziest piece of work ever!You have condensed Ed Botts work into a paragraph, including his video, and then posted it. Can you not write your own piece about Windows 7 search?Hope its better than Vista searchI was really surprised how bad the search is in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, SEARCH, Microsoft Windows 7, search tool, Windows 7 demo, Vista Search, Microsoft Windows Vista, tool, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Windows 7 reliability scorecard - looking good!

It's very easy to keep reliability highwhen you change very little but what's on the surface. It's like an automobile say a Corvette that changes the body style every two years, but the same small block V8 for the most part has been in use for over 50 years. Very...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?

Given their experience it has to be Microsoft.{NT}RE: When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?IMHO, Open Source applications are inherently more secure, with far more people pouring over the code.Closed source simply has the undiscovered flaws.Given that they design and make the OS...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., security, Google Inc., secure, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks off

Cute. [NT]ntCute.Not sure it's effective though. It may be. But... flows like a book ad. Will probably be effective only in certain segments. So I bet we will see a couple very different ads.RE: Microsoft's Windows 7 ad campaign kicks offlooks like they brain washed her, since when 6 year...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, car, operating system, Microsoft Corp., lemon, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Who wins: Sliced bread or Windows 7?

Money down the toilet...The sound of money flushing down a toilet, new icons and more hardware requirements.The future is appliance driven devices, not big 4G of memory machines with 1T of disk space.There is no need for this monster OS that an appliance driven unit can deliver...Linux appliances are the...

Tags: Operating systems, hardware requirement, Microsoft Windows 7, bread, hardware, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Aero

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Thwarted by technology

I have a devicethat is still using a serial connection! I finally found a quality serial to USB converter... but I am waiting for it to get here before I pass verdict on it's reliability.Still have two applications that are Windows only... makes it difficult since I have to maintain...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Microsoft Windows, DVD, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

SetteMaxer 1.0 (Windows)

SetteMaxer is a freeware tool that can help you to optimize and solve problems in some fields of Windows 7 easily, instead of navigating on registry & services that causes time loss. Features: Optimize Menu Show Delay: Sets delay value of menus to 0 in order to have an...

Tags: Security, Security Option, CyberPlatform, SetteMaxer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-10

VistaMaxer 1.0 (Windows)

VistaMaxer is a freeware tool that can help you to optimize and solve problems in some fields of Windows Vista easily, instead of navigating on registry & services that causes time loss. Features: Optimize Menu Show Delay: Sets delay value of menus to 0 in order to have an...

Tags: Security, Freeware, Security Option, CyberPlatform, VistaMaxer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-09

Microsoft's Bing invaded by pharmaceutical scammers

quote"This implies serious security holes in Microsoft?s advertising program"All I can vision here is Homer Simpson slapping forehead and saying "Doh!!"Who'd ever thought, Microsoft and Security holes, who knew. Glad I don't use Bing."Fraud" - Just "Bring it"RE: Microsoft's Bing invaded by pharmaceutical scammersSo the exploit has been found, Microsoft...

Tags: SEARCH, ABMers, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Google Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP

Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...

Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order

Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on orderRock on Maine! [nt][b][/b]RE: Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order"Imagine going to a job where the company provides you with a laptop for 3 years and then switching jobs, only to find that...

Tags: Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, Apple Macintosh, job

Discussion threads 2009-06-30