Re: Getting the right monitor profile continued

[HMSDOC@aol.com]

<< The rest is more tricky. There does appear to be a problem in 
un-associating
 profiles by the normal routes (right-clicking on the profile in Explorer or
 by using the Associate box). However you can do it via the Registry. If you
 go to Hkey_LocalMachine/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/ICM and click on it,
 you will see the monitor, printer, scanner, and space profiles that are
 "installed" at the moment. You will also see that some of them have a data
 entry starting with 00 and those that are the default profiles will start
 with 01 or 02. The best thing here is to delete any that start with numbers
 (and delete the Adobe gamma profile - Adobe Monitor Settings.icm - if it is
 still there).
 
 Then go to HkeyLM/Software/Adobe/color/monitor/monitor0 or 1 and delete any
 reference to Adobe Monitor Settings.icm (this is the Adobe Gamma profile
 that may still be hanging around). No-one seems to know what this entry
 does; I suspect it is not used any more, but deleting it doesn't seem to do
 any harm and removes a possible source of conflict.
 
 Now go back to Explorer and look in your profile folder
 (Windows/System32/spool/drivers/color) and clear out all unwanted monitor
 profiles (right click on them, uninstall them if they are installed, and
 delete them (or move them to a floppy if you think you might need them one
 day).
  >>

OK...I just threw caution to the wind and activated the registry editor.....

Here is what I found (and if this is getting too off topic someone just say 
so and I will take it off list)

1)Regarding the dissociation...I got to 
Hkey_LocalMachine/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/ICM except that under Windows 
NT folder there was not a folder or file ICM

2) Under HkeyLM/Software/Adobe/color/monitor/ I found a monitor0 and a 
monitor1, though I only have one monitor.  Under each there was a column for 
Name, Type, and Data.

Under Monitor 0 therewere 3 different names....two had an icon with an ab in 
itand the third with some 0 and 1 in it that looked as follows

Name                                Type                    Data

(default)                           REG_SZ              (Value Not Set)

Monitor Profile                     REG_SZ              SM75..(the              
                                            Synchmaster profile I               
                                            could not dissociate

Primary Monitor                     REG_D                   0x00000(I forget 
how                                                             many 0s)


Under Monitor 1 there was

Default                             REG_SZ

Monitor Profile                     REG_SZ              Adobe Monitor Setting



Interestingly in Real World Photoshop it says that in order to make sure the 
correct profile loads to delete the Adobe Monitor Setting and type in the 
file location for the new profile.

But this all still feels like I am getting in over my head.  If the Photoshop 
6.01 lists my RGB Monitor Profile as the Photocal profile and under advanced 
settings on control panel the Photocal profile is set as the default and I 
have removed Adobe Gamma from my Startup folder.....then why change a thing?? 
 As you can see, this was more of an exploratory in the registry than actual 
editing...I looked to see what was in the folders but didn't change or delete 
anything.

Howard
HMSDOC@aol.com
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