How To Get Windows Experience Index (WEI) Score In Windows 8.1
In case you didn't know.
Friday, October 18, 2013 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Personal Computing
Well, first thing I noticed on Windows 8.1 is the lack of a WEI score.
So, Wiz and I naturally googled and found this.
Thought I'd post it in case you guys didn't know.
http://www.intowindows.com/get-windows-experience-index-wei-score-in-windows-8-1/
Reply #2 Friday, October 18, 2013 10:19 AM
well, if Windows 8.1 lacks this feature (as pointless as it may be ... i used it one time only), that should be an opportunity to create a DesktopX widget for this task.
- find the file (as the file name is different on each machine) using wildcards.
- parse it just like you would parse a weather feed.
- profit
i already wrote a Rainmeter skin to do this, just waiting for some confirmation regarding the os version strings for 8 and 8.1 (as the scale is different than on Windows 7).
Reply #3 Friday, October 18, 2013 10:50 AM
If I could write script, or even knew what parse meant, then I would make said DesktopX widget. I hope someone does, but I doubt it. DX is dead.
Reply #4 Friday, October 18, 2013 11:12 AM
Also, I've wonder ever since it showed up, just how important is a WEI score, other than to the very knowledgeable? For the rest of the folks is it just 'My computer is better than yours'?
Reply #5 Friday, October 18, 2013 11:24 AM
Also, I've wonder ever since it showed up, just how important is a WEI score, other than to the very knowledgeable? For the rest of the folks is it just 'My computer is better than yours'?
+1
i think this is the one of the most useless skins i have ever written, second only to the skin that displays your current wallpaper 
anyways, here it is (requires: Windows 7 or up, Rainmeter 3.0 or up)
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Reply #1 Friday, October 18, 2013 8:51 AM