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Using Spyder2PRO with Win XP dual CRT monitors

2007-07-17 by Peter Marquis-Kyle

I have just bought and installed the Spyder2PRO package and I'm 
disappointed to find in the User Guide that "A multi-head video card 
will not work correctly" with Windows. Indeed, the software allows me to 
select and profile each of the monitors in turn, but it appears to 
overwrite the first profile with the second (without letting me change 
the profile name), and applies that to both monitors.

For the record, this is my setup:

	PC: Dell Optiplex 745 with Intel Core2 CPU
	Display adapter: Radeon X1300 Series dual head
	Primary monitor: Compaq P1220 22in Trinitron type CRT
	Secondary monitor: CTX PR705F 17in Trinitron type CRT
	OS: Windows XP Professional
	Spyder2PRO version: 2.2-4

I have done some Googling and got the clue from this page
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/dual_monitor_calibration.html
that a fix might be possible.

I have installed the Microsoft Color applet, read some other stuff on 
this subject, and now my head hurts.

Can someone please point me to reliable step-by-step instructions to 
achieve a properly profiled pair of monitors?

Thank you!

-- 

Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au

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