HardwareUpgradeURL

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista

Important

This setting has been removed in Windows 8.1.

HardwareUpgradeURL specifies the URL to pass the computer's component subscores on the query string. A component’s subscore is a metric generated by Windows® System Assessment Tool (Windows SAT) and is used to derive the Windows Experience Index base score. This subscore is an indication of the performance of the individual component. For example, a video card rated with a gaming and graphics subscore of 5.8 is better at rendering 3D visuals than a video card with a score of 1.1.

The subscore categories are:

CPU

Processor Windows SAT score

MEM

Memory Windows SAT score

DWM

Graphics Windows SAT score

D3D

Gaming graphics Windows SAT score

HDD

Primary hard disk Windows SAT score

Values

HardwareUpgradeURL

Specifies the URL used to locate the query string. HardwareUpgradeURL is a string.

This string type supports empty elements.

Valid Configuration Passes

auditSystem

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-PerfCenterCPL | WindowsExperienceIndexOemInfo | HardwareUpgradeURL

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-PerfCenterCPL.

XML Example

The following .xml output shows how to configure HardwareUpgradeURL.

<HardwareUpgradeURL>http://www.fabrikam.com/windowsupgrade/upgrade.htm</HardwareUpgradeURL>

See Also

Concepts

WindowsExperienceIndexOemInfo