WinSat.exe - No Dialog Box While Running "Tim" <mtguy26505[ at ]yahoo.com> 09.06.2007 16:15:23 Running Vista Ultimate (32 bit)... Determing my "Windows Experience Rating" I run "update my score" from the "Rate and improve your computer's performance" screen... WinSat.exe executes, but no progress dialog appears as it did when Vista was first installed... I know WinSat's running because I can watch it in process explorer, and it does seem to updating because when it finishes I can "refresh" the screen where I started it and the last rating date and time is updated... I would guess that the link or registry key that executes WinSat has some switch set that turns off the progress dialog... The following key has values set as follows: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU a - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe\1 b - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe /formal\1 c - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe /formal\1 Is the "\1" the culprit ?

RE: WinSat.exe - No Dialog Box While Running v-terliu[ at ]online.microsoft.com (Terence Liu [MSFT]) 11.06.2007 07:59:35 Hello Tim, Thank you for posting here. From the post, I understand you run "update my score", the winsat.ext executes, but no progress dialog box appears. This is Windows Vista Hardware Assessment newsgroup, and we only support Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool issue here. Since your issue is about The Windows System Assessment Tool (Winsat.exe), it is a Windows Vista built-in component and has no relationship with Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool, please repost your issue in Vista general newsgroup for further assistance. This newsgroup is primarily for issues involving deployment, configuration, consultation and troubleshooting. The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the newsgroups regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Vista general newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general Note: About Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool: Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Overview http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/hardwareassessment/wv/ default.mspx Download: Windows Vista Hardware Assessment http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49- 943d-4d9ea7f77730&DisplayLang=en Thanks for your understanding. If there is anything else I can do for you, feel free to let me know. Thanks and have a nice day! Best regards, Terence Liu(MSFT) Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -------------------- | From: "Tim" <mtguy26505[ at ]yahoo.com> | Subject: WinSat.exe - No Dialog Box While Running | Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:15:23 -0400 | Lines: 22 | Message-ID: <7C9EC6A8-5D6C-46BC-8B85-0A30F9931FD9[ at ]microsoft.com> | MIME-Version: 1.0 | Content-Type: text/plain; | format=flowed; | charset="iso-8859-1"; | reply-type=original | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | X-Priority: 3 | X-MSMail-Priority: Normal | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 | X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 | X-MS-CommunityGroup-MessageCategory: {E4FCE0A9-75B4-4168-BFF9-16C22D8747EC} | X-MS-CommunityGroup-PostID: {7C9EC6A8-5D6C-46BC-8B85-0A30F9931FD9} | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment | Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment:255 | NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl 127.0.0.1 | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment | | Running Vista Ultimate (32 bit)... | | Determing my "Windows Experience Rating" I run "update my score" from the | "Rate and improve your computer's performance" screen... WinSat.exe | executes, but no progress dialog appears as it did when Vista was first | installed... I know WinSat's running because I can watch it in process | explorer, and it does seem to updating because when it finishes I can | "refresh" the screen where I started it and the last rating date and time is | updated... | | I would guess that the link or registry key that executes WinSat has some | switch set that turns off the progress dialog... The following key has | values set as follows: | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU | | a - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe\1 | b - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe /formal\1 | c - c:\windows/system32\winsat.exe /formal\1 | | Is the "\1" the culprit ? | |