On Feb 17, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Bob Geoghegan <bob.geo@...> wrote:
Looking at J.D’s question I wonder if there’s a pre-install indicator for likely success on Windows systems.
No. but that would be a great idea.
If you see different color profiles for each monitor under the control panel for display properties, Screen Resolution, Advanced Settings, Color Management (at least by Win7 64 bit navigation). If the factory profiles are loaded and show as separate profiles for each monitor, would that be a sign of likely success for separate calibration?
No, that would indicate separate ICC profiles for each, but would not indicate separate calibration LUTs. To test that, you would change the profile for one screen to something different, that showed a flash from the LUTs loading. If the other display also flashes, then that would indicate a ''shared" calibration LUT. If not, that should indicate separate LUTs. We might have a Support FAQ on this, but the original poster had not yet contacted support...
My limited sample of 2 successful machines followed this pattern. The DataColor profiles moved into the config slots that held the factory ones. These were both Lenovo ThinkPad T series machines running Win7 64 bit.
Most systems work, these days. Its not a huge issue, but its only fair to warn people that there can be problems.
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