Digital BW, The Print

In corresponding with Steve on various monitor issues, he asked if I 
was sure that PS was actually using my i1 monitor profile.  I had 
always assumed that PS used the Windows system setting for the monitor 
profile.  In researching this it appears this may not be the case.  
Although Adobe Gamma does not load on startup of Windows, it appears 
that it may b necessary to use Adobe Gamma to specify which ICC profile 
to use.  See Adobe document 321608 for the full story.  In spending an 
hour on the phone with Adobe, they are confused about how to specify 
the profile for PS or how to determine which monitor profile PS is 
actually using.

Clearly I am looking at PS through the profile, which affects the 
screen and all programs at startup.  But does PS need to know the 
profile to translate between working space and screen view, etc.?