Vista Experience Index on MacBook Pro

I have a new MacBook Pro (2.16GHz 15") running Leopard. I installed BootCamp and Vista Ultimate. Everything seems to be running fine. I tried to generate a Windows Experience Index but it always tells me it can't be run because I'm on battery power and I should switch to AC even though I'm running on AC. Anyone else seen this problem or know of a solution?
Thanks,
Joe

Their is a problem on vista detect the AC-operating mode. You can see it by the battery symbol after booting.
I have the same problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1204637&tstart=0
Greetings and sorry for bad english,
skampi

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Leopard is the world’s most advanced operating system.
So advanced, it even lets you run Windows if there’s a PC
application you need to use. Just get a copy of Windows
and start up Boot Camp, now included with Leopard. Setup
is simple and straightforward — just as you’d expect with a
Mac.
Marketing hype.
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