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What happened to the "Performance Tools and Information" category in the Control Panel in Windows 8.1?
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Which of the Windows 8 Performance Info and Tools packs ( %Root%\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_Microsoft-windows-performancetool??? ) can be installed in Windows 8.1 to restore the experience rating. A lot of folks use this feature for evaluating various mainboard/CPU/memory combinations.
Please advise. MBarclay
Hi Leon,
The "Performance and Information" tool which was introduced in Windows Vista is no longer a part of Windows 8.1. Microsoft has removed this feature from Windows 8.1.
wow.. stumbled into this;
Command Prompt (Admin) to refresh it
WinSAT formal or just do WinSAT /? and lots of things :)
What happened to the "Performance Tools and Information" category in the Control Panel in Windows 8.1?
While its been removed from win 8.1 there is a third party software that does a pretty good job of duplicating it.
http://win-experience-index.chris-pc.com/
a free software for non-commercial use.
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What happened to the "Performance Tools and Information" category in the Control Panel in Windows 8.1?
While its been removed from win 8.1 there is a third party software that does a pretty good job of duplicating it.
http://win-experience-index.chris-pc.com/
a free software for non-commercial use.
Yup, that, certainly, does the trick for anyone who wants it. Good bit of info, Mike.
Cheers,
Drew
