wv upgrade advisor beta fails cannot run winsat

I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message

I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

Dear Mr. Da Costa:
Well, this is a fine Catch-22. How the hell am I supposed to determine if my hardware can run Vista if the software that's supposed to tell me this can only run on Vista?! Should I just count on the RAM and chip speed and hope for the best when Vista does come out, or will it be shell-out-for-a-new-laptop time?
Matt Leger
"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

Its strange though you are asked about WinSAT under XP, I ran into errors with Upgrade Advisor, not enough hard disk space, but, not errors relating WinSAT. -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "CajunGypsy" wrote in message

Dear Mr. Da Costa:
Well, this is a fine Catch-22. How the hell am I supposed to determine if my hardware can run Vista if the software that's supposed to tell me this can only run on Vista?! Should I just count on the RAM and chip speed and hope for the best when Vista does come out, or will it be shell-out-for-a-new-laptop time?
Matt Leger
"Andre Da Costa" wrote:
Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

ran just fine on 3 xp pro computers here....
Chris "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message

Its strange though you are asked about WinSAT under XP, I ran into errors with Upgrade Advisor, not enough hard disk space, but, not errors relating WinSAT. -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "CajunGypsy" wrote in message Dear Mr. Da Costa:
Well, this is a fine Catch-22. How the hell am I supposed to determine if my hardware can run Vista if the software that's supposed to tell me this can only run on Vista?! Should I just count on the RAM and chip speed and hope for the best when Vista does come out, or will it be shell-out-for-a-new-laptop time?
Matt Leger
"Andre Da Costa" wrote:
Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

And a search shows winsat.exe as part of the downloaded and installed advisor...
Chris
"Chris Sidener" wrote in message

ran just fine on 3 xp pro computers here....
Chris "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Its strange though you are asked about WinSAT under XP, I ran into errors with Upgrade Advisor, not enough hard disk space, but, not errors relating WinSAT. -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "CajunGypsy" wrote in message Dear Mr. Da Costa:
Well, this is a fine Catch-22. How the hell am I supposed to determine if my hardware can run Vista if the software that's supposed to tell me this can only run on Vista?! Should I just count on the RAM and chip speed and hope for the best when Vista does come out, or will it be shell-out-for-a-new-laptop time?
Matt Leger
"Andre Da Costa" wrote:
Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

A lot of it still works though - stick it in the System32 folder, and go to the Run command, type in "winsat" and then the command afterwards - winsat aurora works pretty well on mine :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message

Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

I got the same error. Couldn't find winsat.exe . "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

A lot of it still works though - stick it in the System32 folder, and go to the Run command, type in "winsat" and then the command afterwards - winsat aurora works pretty well on mine :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

Should be in the Program Files folder where you installed the Upgrade Advisor... If anyone wants it, I don't mind putting it on my server for download - all you need is the winsat.exe application and that's about it - www.vistabase.co.uk/winsat.exe :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

I got the same error. Couldn't find winsat.exe . "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message A lot of it still works though - stick it in the System32 folder, and go to the Run command, type in "winsat" and then the command afterwards - winsat aurora works pretty well on mine :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

it's there but for some reason when i run the program it tells me it can't find it/ "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Should be in the Program Files folder where you installed the Upgrade Advisor... If anyone wants it, I don't mind putting it on my server for download - all you need is the winsat.exe application and that's about it - www.vistabase.co.uk/winsat.exe :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message I got the same error. Couldn't find winsat.exe . "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message A lot of it still works though - stick it in the System32 folder, and go to the Run command, type in "winsat" and then the command afterwards - winsat aurora works pretty well on mine :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?

Well it'll be a bug with the application no doubt then :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

it's there but for some reason when i run the program it tells me it can't find it/ "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Should be in the Program Files folder where you installed the Upgrade Advisor... If anyone wants it, I don't mind putting it on my server for download - all you need is the winsat.exe application and that's about it - www.vistabase.co.uk/winsat.exe :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message I got the same error. Couldn't find winsat.exe . "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message A lot of it still works though - stick it in the System32 folder, and go to the Run command, type in "winsat" and then the command afterwards - winsat aurora works pretty well on mine :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa" wrote in message Thats because WinSAT is not available in Windows XP, its a feature of Vista.
"The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a benchmarking tool designed into Windows Vista that generates scores based on system performance. It will analyze the graphics subsystem, the processor, the memory, the hard drive, and other critical components of the system and then calculate a total score. You can use this score to compare your system performance to that of any other Windows Vista system."
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/VistaLogofaq.mspx -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"CajunGypsy" wrote in message I have attempted to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta software on both my home laptop and my desktop computer at work. In both instances, the Hardware Assessment section has displayed an error message: "Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor could not run Winsat. System compatibility status could not be evaluated. " I cannot find a program called WinSat on my system, nor a downloadable installer for it online. Can someone explain to me why this has happened?