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Re: [colorvision_group] Colorvision profile error message at startup
2007-07-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 7/12/07 9:55:43 AM, bob-the-alien@... writes:
When I boot the machine, I get a colorvision message box that says "no
calibration data for the profile 'sRGB Color Space Profile' for
monitor 'plug and play monitor.' Please select a different profile
using Profile Chooser [1168]". So I guess the colorvision profile
isn't loading
Right, we asked Windows to set this as the default profile for your display. There is a (well known, in our field ) bug where Windows fails to do so, and fails to send an error message. You have fallen victim to this Windows ICM2 error...
Oddly, both the spyder3express.icm and the sRGB Color Space
profile.icm files can be found in the spool\drivers\color folder.
This is not odd, all Windows machines have an sRGB profile there, and any machine that you have profiled with a Spyder will have at least one Spyder-generated profile there as well. The problem is convincing Windows to use the Spyder profile, not the generic one...
I
don't understand why the colorvision message is referring to the sRGB
profile when it previously said it the spyder2express profile would
now be the default.
Because of the Windows error noted above...
I also don't understand why it's complaining about
the sRGB profile containing no data.
sRGB isn't a 'real' monitor profile, so it contains no calibration data, only a simple profile definition. So when our startup utility tries to find calibration data to load, there is none.
And try as I might I can't figure
out what Profile Chooser is or how to use it.
Its a utility loaded with Spyder software. It should show via the start menu in the same spot as your Spyder software.
I tried looking on Colorvision's site but ended up following some
links that tried to load all hundreds-of-megs of MS .NET framework in
order to load a profile chooser. That seemed a bit ridiculous.
Couldn't find any information here with some searches (or on dpreview
where I have also posted this query), but it's quite possible I just
don't know what to search for. Any help will be appreciated.
You can also select a monitor profile by right clicking on the desktop, going to properties, advanced, color management (or some such) and choosing the Spyder profile, setting as default, and saving these settings. Then restart, and you should not get the error message, and should see a "flash" as the video corrections are loaded.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@colorvision.com
www.colorvision.com
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