PhotoCal + XP still worketh not!

["wogears" <wogears@fast.net>]

Hello!

As we remember from the Last Exciting Episode, I was getting
a yellow cast on-screen when trying to calibrate my Mitsi
920 monitor on Win XP with PhotoCal and Spyder (real).

So I very carefully made sure that Adobe Gamma was not
loading on startup (apparently it DOESN'T under XP-- checked
startup folder, Registry, etc) and reinstalled PhotoCal. I
rebooted immediately and let the tube warm up for over an
hour. I then connected the Spyder, followed instructions to
the letter running PhotoCal and exited the app. I noticed
immediately that my usual wallpaper looked brighter! I
opened Photoshop, and saw that the neutral grey background
looked much better, but again very light. I opened a file,
and for a few seconds I thought the problem was fixed. When
I compared the file to prints made on my 870 using known
good custom profiles (from two different reputable sources)I
saw that colors were closer to correct, but that the file
onscreen was definitely lighter, and now shifted... to BLUE!

Remembering that CD Tobie had suggested that XP only loads
its LUTs on boot, I rebooted the box. Wallpaper was no
longer too bright, but the yellows were very definitely
back! Now thoroughly annoyed, I uninstalled PhotoCal and ran
Adobe Gamma, keeping a neutral grey and a greyscale step
wedge in the background. When I was done with this
procedure, my files almost exactly matched the prints once
again. (Note: the files and prints under discussion had been
edited and printed on both Mac and Windows platforms.
Results were excellent in all cases until the instrumented
calibration.)

I have emailed ColorVision concerning this problem. Thanks
to all who helped me-- I have learned a LOT! I will post
with the results of my contact with the manufacturer.

Les
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